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Tag Line: The event that opened the eyes of a nation.

Status: Released

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Release Date: Mar 30, 2021

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Run Time: 1h 52m

Original Language: English

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Production Countries: United States of America

Production Companies: Ark Media , WGBH Boston


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Synopsis

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.


Main Cast

André Holland

André Holland

Narrator (voice)

Age : 41 | Popularity : 9%

Leland Gantt

Leland Gantt

Isaac Woodward (voice)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Kenneth Mack

Kenneth Mack

Himself

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Sherrilyn Ifill

Sherrilyn Ifill

Herself

Age : N/A | Popularity : 7%

Rawn James

Rawn James

Himself

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Richard Gergel

Richard Gergel

Himself

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Belinda Gergel

Belinda Gergel

Herself

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Robert Young Sr.

Robert Young Sr.

Himself

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Crew

Department Role Name
Sound Music
Joel Goodman
Joel Goodman
Editing Editor
Nancy Novack
Nancy Novack
Assistant Editor
Kirstin E. McNary
Kirstin E. McNary
Writing Writer
Mark Zwonitzer
Mark Zwonitzer
Jamila Ephron
Jamila Ephron
Book
Richard Gergel
Richard Gergel
Production Executive Producer
Susan Bellows
Susan Bellows
Cameo George
Cameo George
Producer
Jamila Ephron
Jamila Ephron
Associate Producer
Caitlin Riggsbee
Caitlin Riggsbee
Camera Director of Photography
Stephen McCarthy
Stephen McCarthy
Directing Director
Jamila Ephron
Jamila Ephron
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