The Blinding of Isaac Woodard
The event that opened the eyes of a nation.
2021 | 112m | English
Popularity: 0.3 (history)
| Director: | Jamila Ephron |
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| Writer: | Jamila Ephron, Richard Gergel, Mark Zwonitzer |
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| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Mar 30, 2021 |
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| Director: | Jamila Ephron |
| Writer: | Jamila Ephron, Richard Gergel, Mark Zwonitzer |
| Genres: | Documentary |
| Keywords | police brutality, racism, black lives matter, police violence |
| Production Companies | GBH, Ark Media |
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Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 03, 2025 Entered: May 05, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| André Holland | Narrator (voice) |
| Leland Gantt | Isaac Woodward (voice) |
| Kenneth Mack | Self |
| Sherrilyn Ifill | Self |
| Rawn James | Self |
| Richard Gergel | Self |
| Belinda Gergel | Self |
| Robert Young Sr. | Self |
| Patricia Sullivan | Self |
| Laura Williams | Self |
| Gilbert King | Self |
| Kari Frederickson | Self |
| J. A. De Laine Jr. | Self |
| Nathanial Briggs | Self |
| Harry S. Truman | Self (archive footage) |
| Orson Welles | Self (archive footage) |
| Isaac Woodard | Self (archive footage) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Nancy Novack | Editor |
| Jamila Ephron | Director, Writer |
| Stephen McCarthy | Director of Photography |
| Kirstin E. McNary | Assistant Editor |
| Richard Gergel | Book |
| Mark Zwonitzer | Writer |
| Joel Goodman | Music |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Jamila Ephron | Producer |
| Cameo George | Executive Producer |
| Caitlin Riggsbee | Associate Producer |
| Susan Bellows | Executive Producer |
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