The Blinding of Isaac Woodard

The Blinding of Isaac Woodard

2021
1h 52m
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"The event that opened the eyes of a nation."

Overview

In 1946, Isaac Woodard, a Black army sergeant on his way home to South Carolina after serving in WWII, was pulled from a bus for arguing with the driver. The local chief of police savagely beat him, leaving him unconscious and permanently blind. The shocking incident made national headlines and, when the police chief was acquitted by an all-white jury, the blatant injustice would change the course of American history. Based on Richard Gergel’s book Unexampled Courage, the film details how the crime led to the racial awakening of President Harry Truman, who desegregated federal offices and the military two years later. The event also ultimately set the stage for the Supreme Court’s landmark 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision, which finally outlawed segregation in public schools and jumpstarted the modern civil rights movement.

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Production Information

Production Companies
Ark Media GBH
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
English

Keywords

police brutality racism black lives matter police violence

Quick Facts

Release Date March 30, 2021
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt12599262
Website Visit Site

Cast

André Holland
André Holland

Narrator (voice)

Leland Gantt
Leland Gantt

Isaac Woodward (voice)

Kenneth Mack
Kenneth Mack

Self

Sherrilyn Ifill
Sherrilyn Ifill

Self

Rawn James
Rawn James

Self

Richard Gergel
Richard Gergel

Self

Belinda Gergel
Belinda Gergel

Self

Robert Young Sr.
Robert Young Sr.

Self

Patricia Sullivan
Patricia Sullivan

Self

Laura Williams
Laura Williams

Self

Gilbert King
Gilbert King

Self

Kari Frederickson
Kari Frederickson

Self

Key Crew

Jamila Ephron
Director
Jamila Ephron
Producer
Jamila Ephron
Writer
Mark Zwonitzer
Writer
Susan Bellows
Executive Producer
Cameo George
Executive Producer