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The blinding of Isaac Woodard

Ephron, Jamila, (film director,, film producer,, screenwriter.). Zwonitzer, Mark, (screenwriter.). Holland, André, (narrator.). Gergel, Richard, (interviewee.). Mack, Kenneth Walter, 1964- (interviewee.). Ifill, Sherrilyn A., (interviewee.). James, Rawn, (interviewee.). Frederickson, Kari A., (interviewee.). Woodard, Isaac 1919-1992 (on-screen participant.). Gergel, Richard. Adaptation of (expression): Unexampled courage. (Added Author). American Experience Films, (production company.). Ark Media (Firm), (production company.). PBS Distribution (Firm), (publisher.).

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.

Record details

ISBN: 9781531713645
ISBN: 1531713645
Physical Description: videodisc
1 videodisc (approximately 110 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition: Widescreen version.
Publisher: [Arlington, Virginia] : PBS Distribution, [2021]

Content descriptions

General Note:	Title and credits from screen; edition statement from disc label. "SDH (subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing) are a function of the disc and serve the same purpose as closed-captions"--Container. 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. Widescreen. Program content: ©2021. Running time indicated on container: approximately 110 minutes; actual running time: 114 minutes.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director of photography, Stephen McCarthy ; editor, Nancy Novack ; music, Joel Goodman.
Participant or Performer Note:	With: Kenneth Mack, Laura Williams, Sherrilyn Ifill, Rawn James, Richard Gergel, Kari Frederickson, Patricia Sullivan ; narrator, André Holland ; voice of Isaac Woodward, Leland Gantt.
Target Audience Note:	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).
System Details Note:	DVD; NTSC, region 1; widescreen presentation; Dolby digital 2.0.
Language Note:	In English.