Henry Hampton

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Henry Eugene Hampton Jr. (8 January 1940 – 22 November 1998) was an American filmmaker. His production company, Blackside, Inc., produced over 80 programs—the most recognizable being the documentary ''Eyes on the Prize,'' which won six Emmy Awards, the Peabody Award, and was nominated for an Oscar.

Blackside became one of the largest minority-owned non-theatrical film production companies in the U.S. during the mid-1970s and until his death in the late 1990s.