Bibliograph

The blinding of Isaac Woodard, director/producer, Jamila Ephron

Type

Label

The blinding of Isaac Woodard, director/producer, Jamila Ephron

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

Rating: TV14

Main title

The blinding of Isaac Woodard

Medium

videorecording DVD

Responsibility statement

director/producer, Jamila Ephron

Runtime

110

Series statement

American experience

Summary

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

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action

Classification