The Blinding of Isaac Woodard
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The Blinding of Isaac Woodard

8.2 / 10 | 1h 55m | United States of America
2021 | Documentary | Biography | History
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.

Cast List (22)

Jamila Ephron
Jamila Ephron
Director
Eliza Briggs
Eliza Briggs
Self - Wife of Harry Briggs
Nathaniel Briggs
Nathaniel Briggs
Self - Son of Harry Briggs
Mary James Cottrell
Mary James Cottrell
Self - Reporter, The Charlotte Observer
Joseph A. DeLaine Jr.
Joseph A. DeLaine Jr.
Self - Son of Rev. De Laine
Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington
Self
Kari Frederickson
Kari Frederickson
Self - Historian
Belinda Gergel
Belinda Gergel
Self - Historian
Richard Gergel
Richard Gergel
Self - Author, Unexampled Courage
André Holland
André Holland
Narrator
Sherrilyn Ifill
Sherrilyn Ifill
Self - President, NAACP Legal Defense Fund
Rawn James
Rawn James
Self - Writer
Brent Jennings
Brent Jennings
Isaac Woodard
Gilbert King
Gilbert King
Self - Writer
Kenneth Mack
Kenneth Mack
Self - Historian
Patricia Sullivan
Patricia Sullivan
Self - Historian
Elizabeth Waring
Elizabeth Waring
Self - Wife of Judge J. Waties Waring
Orson Welles
Orson Welles
Self
Laura Williams
Laura Williams
Self - Great-niece of Isaac Woodard
Jamila Ephron
Jamila Ephron
Writer
Richard Gergel
Richard Gergel
Writer
Mark Zwonitzer
Mark Zwonitzer
Writer

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