The Blinding of Isaac Woodard
The Blinding of Isaac Woodard

Movie·2021·1h 52m

The Blinding of Isaac Woodard

The event that opened the eyes of a nation.

Country

United States of America

Language

English

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The Story

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.

Written By

Mark Zwonitzer

Producer

Jamila Ephron, Susan Bellows

Cinematography

Stephen McCarthy

Music

Joel Goodman

Editor

Nancy Novack

Themes

police brutalityracismblack lives matterpolice violence

Production House

Ark Media
GBH

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Region: US

Free

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Cast

André Holland

André Holland

Narrator (voice)

Leland Gantt

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

Harry S. Truman

Self (archive footage)

Orson Welles

Orson Welles

Self (archive footage)

Isaac Woodard

Self (archive footage)

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Crew

Jamila Ephron

Producer, Writer, Director

Nancy Novack

Editor

Mark Zwonitzer

Writer

Susan Bellows

Executive Producer

Cameo George

Executive Producer

Stephen McCarthy

Director of Photography

Joel Goodman

Joel Goodman

Original Music Composer

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