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The blinding of Isaac Woodard / American Experience Films ; an Ark Media production for American experience ; produced and directed by Jamila Ephron ; written by Mark Zwonitzer & Jamila Ephron.

Widescreen.

[Arlington, Virginia] : PBS, [2021]

[Arlington, Virginia] : Distributed by PBS Distribution, [2021]

©2021

1 videodisc (114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

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optical

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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.

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).

American experience

American experience.

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.

South Carolina -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.

Documentary television programs.

Historical television programs.

Nonfiction television programs.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Ephron, Jamila, film director, film producer, screenwriter.

Zwonitzer, Mark, screenwriter.

Holland, André, narrator.

Television program adaptation of (expression): Gergel, Richard. Unexampled courage.

American Experience Films, production company.

Ark Media (Firm), production company.

Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), publisher.

Blinding of Isaac Woodard

American experience (Television program)

Documentary.

"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.

Program content: ©2021.

Running time indicated on container: approximately 110 minutes; actual running time: 114 minutes.

Narrator, André Holland.

DVD; NTSC, Region 1; widescreen presentation.

In English; optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).

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9781531713645 : DVD

1531713645 : DVD

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DVD 323.1196 Blinding