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The Blinding of Isaac Woodard
“The event that opened the eyes of a nation.”
0.0 / 10• 2021• 1h 52m•NR• English
Documentary
Storyline
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 & Crew
André Holland
Narrator (voice)
Lead
Leland Gantt
Isaac Woodward (voice)
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Kenneth Mack
Self
SI
Sherrilyn Ifill
Self
RJ
Rawn James
Self
RG
Richard Gergel
Self
BG
Belinda Gergel
Self
RY
Robert Young Sr.
Self
What People Are Saying
0.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Jamila Ephron's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Blinding of Isaac Woodard is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
