The Blinding of Isaac Woodard

Publication/Creation:

[Place of publication not identified] : PBS, [2021]

Format:

Video or Visual Material

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

The Blinding of Isaac Woodard / PBS

Related/Included Titles:

Unexampled courage.
American experience (Television program)

Related Names

Additional Author/Creators:

Ephron, Jamila, film director, film producer, and screenwriter
Zwonitzer, Mark, screenwriter
Holland, André, narrator
Gergel, Richard. Unexampled courage
American Experience Films, production company
Ark Media (Firm), production company

Subjects/Genre

Genre:

Television adaptations
Educational television programs
Historical television programs
Nonfiction television programs
Documentary television programs
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Internet videos
Streaming video

Subjects:

Woodard, Isaac,1919-1992
Waring, Julius Waties,1880-1968
World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--Trials, litigation, etc
African Americans--Civil rights--United States--History--20th century
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
South Carolina--Race relations--History--20th century

Description/Summary

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.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

1 online resource (1 streaming video file (112 min.) : digital, sound, color with black and white sequences

General Note:

Based on the book: Unexampled courage : the blinding of Sgt. Isaac Woodard and the awakening of President Harry S. Truman and Judge J. Waties Waring / Richard Gergel.
Originally produced as an episode of the television series: American experience.

Participant/Performer Note:

Narrator, André Holland.

Creation/Production Credits Note:

Director of photography, Stephen McCarthy ; editor, Nancy Novack ; music, Joel Goodman.

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9937759459902486

Publisher Number:

240910 Infobase