The Blinding of Isaac Woodard

2021 "The event that opened the eyes of a nation."

The Blinding of Isaac Woodard

8.2 | 1h52m | en | Documentary

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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8.2 | 1h52m | en | More Info

Released: March. 30,2021 | Released Producted By: GBH , Ark Media Country: Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/blinding-isaac-woodard/

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Cast

André Holland , Leland Gantt , Harry S. Truman , Orson Welles

Director

Stephen McCarthy

Producted By

GBH

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as Narrator (voice)

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Leland Gantt

as Isaac Woodward (voice)

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Harry S. Truman

as Self (archive footage)

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Orson Welles

as Self (archive footage)

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Stephen McCarthy

Director of Photography

Jamila Ephron

Director

Kirstin E. McNary

Assistant Editor

Nancy Novack

Editor

Caitlin Riggsbee

Associate Producer

Cameo George

Executive Producer

Susan Bellows

Executive Producer

Jamila Ephron

Producer

Joel Goodman

Original Music Composer

Richard Gergel

Book

Jamila Ephron

Writer

Mark Zwonitzer

Writer

The Blinding of Isaac Woodard Audience Reviews

Laikals The greatest movie ever made..!

Mjeteconer Just perfect...

Comwayon A Disappointing Continuation

Griff Lees Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.