The blinding of Isaac Woodard, American Experience Films ; written by Mark Zwonitzer & Jamila Ephron ; produced and directed by Jamila Ephron ; an Ark Media production for American experience
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The blinding of Isaac Woodard, American Experience Films ; written by Mark Zwonitzer & Jamila Ephron ; produced and directed by Jamila Ephron ; an Ark Media production for American experience
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
TV Parental Guidelines rating: TV-14 (parents strongly cautioned; this program contains some material that many parents would find unsuitable for children under 14 years of age)
Main title
The blinding of Isaac Woodard
Oclc number
1244817461
Responsibility statement
American Experience Films ; written by Mark Zwonitzer & Jamila Ephron ; produced and directed by Jamila Ephron ; an Ark Media production for American experience
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
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- African Americans + Civil rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Documentaires télévisés
- Émissions télévisées autres que de fiction
- Documentary television programs
- African Americans + Violence against -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century
- African Americans + Legal status, laws, etc + History -- 20th century
- Police brutality -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- South Carolina -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
- Noirs américains + Droits -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Caroline du Sud -- Relations raciales -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- World War, 1939-1945 + Veterans + Trials, litigation, etc
- Woodard, Isaac, 1919-1992
- Waring, Julius Waties, 1880-1968
- Television adaptations
- Nonfiction television programs
- Adaptations télévisées
- Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives
- Brutalités policières -- Caroline du Sud -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
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- African Americans + Civil rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Documentaires télévisés
- Émissions télévisées autres que de fiction
- Documentary television programs
- African Americans + Violence against -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century
- African Americans + Legal status, laws, etc + History -- 20th century
- Police brutality -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- South Carolina -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
- Noirs américains + Droits -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Caroline du Sud -- Relations raciales -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- World War, 1939-1945 + Veterans + Trials, litigation, etc
- Woodard, Isaac, 1919-1992
- Waring, Julius Waties, 1880-1968
- Television adaptations
- Nonfiction television programs
- Adaptations télévisées
- Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives
- Brutalités policières -- Caroline du Sud -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
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