Eyes on the Prize III: We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest
  • Network: HBO
  • Series Premiere Date: Feb 25, 2025
Metascore
88

Universal acclaim - based on 4 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4

Critic Reviews

  1. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Odie Henderson
    Feb 25, 2025
    90
    The excellent third installment of the acclaimed historical series about civil rights in America is so full of details that each of its six episodes should sit with you for a bit. .... I found this [final] episode to be the weakest, if only because it felt rushed. I wish it had been longer. Still, the series leaves us with much to contemplate, which is what any great documentary should do.
  2. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Daniel Fienberg
    Feb 24, 2025
    90
    The series isn’t perfect, but it’s utterly essential, sometimes feeling disheartening for the immediacy of that necessity.
  3. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Richard Roeper
    Feb 24, 2025
    88
    The stories are powerful enough to stand strong without flashy graphics or animation or even a narrator.
  5. Decider
    Reviewed by: Joel Keller
    Feb 25, 2025
    80
    Eyes On The Prize III: We Who Believe In Freedom Cannot Rest 1977-2015 is a compelling companion series to the 1987 original, putting the civil rights movement into a modern context through the stories of the people at its forefront.