Person
Jane Elliott
Acting · Born 1933-11-30
Biography
American diversity educator. As a schoolteacher, Jane Elliott became known for her "Blue eyes/Brown eyes" exercise, which she first conducted with her third-grade class on April 5, 1968, the day after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. The classroom exercise was filmed in 1970, becoming the documentary The Eye of the Storm. PBS series Frontline featured a reunion of the 1970 class, as well as Elliott's work with adults, in its 1985 episode "A Class Divided".
Known for
Blue Eyed
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The Eye of the Storm
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Eye Opener
Herself
Jane Elliott Against the World
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Indecently Exposed!
Herself
A Class Divided
Herself
Der Rassist in uns
Self (archive footage)
The Stolen Eye
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The Angry Eye
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The Event: How Racist Are You?
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Filmography
- 2026Jane Elliott Against the WorldSelf
- 2014Der Rassist in unsSelf (archive footage)
- 2009The Event: How Racist Are You?Self
- 2004Indecently Exposed!Herself
- 2004Eye OpenerHerself
- 2002The Stolen EyeSelf
- 2001The Angry EyeSelf
- 1996Blue EyedSelf
- 1985A Class DividedHerself
- 1970The Eye of the StormSelf
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