The Blinding of Isaac Woodard (2021)
1h 52m
Running Time
March 30, 2021Release Date
The Blinding of Isaac Woodard (2021)
1h 52m
Running Time
March 30, 2021Release Date
Network & Production Companies



Plot.
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.
Where to Watch.



Currently The Blinding of Isaac Woodard is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Hoopla, Amazon Video, Kanopy
Streaming in:🇺🇸 United States
Cast & Crew.

André Holland
Narrator (voice)

Leland Gantt
Isaac Woodward (voice)

Kenneth Mack
Self

Sherrilyn Ifill
Self

Rawn James
Self

Richard Gergel
Self

Duke Ellington
Self - Musical Performer

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
Self (archive footage)

Orson Welles
Self (archive footage)

Isaac Woodard
Self (archive footage)

Caitlin Riggsbee
Associate Producer

Nancy Novack
Editor

Stephen McCarthy
Director of Photography

Richard Gergel
Book

Joel Goodman
Music

Jamila Ephron
Writer / Director / Producer

Susan Bellows
Executive Producer

Cameo George
Executive Producer

Mark Zwonitzer
Writer

Kirstin E. McNary
Assistant Editor
Media.




Details.
This Movie Is About.
police brutality
racism
black lives matter
police violence