American Experience The Blinding of Isaac Woodard (Season 33, Episode 3)
TV-14
TV Episode | 115 min | Documentary, Biography, History

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American Experience

The Blinding of Isaac Woodard (Season 33, Episode 3)

TV-14

TV Episode | 115 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Isaac Woodard was a Black World War II veteran who became known to the world as the victim of a horrific act of racist violence that robbed him of his sight.

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23 cast members

Name	Known for
Eliza Briggs Self - Wife of Harry Briggs Self - Wife of Harry Briggs See fewer	American Experience (1988)
Nathaniel Briggs Self - Son of Harry Briggs Self - Son of Harry Briggs See fewer	American Experience (1988)
Mary James Cottrell Self - Reporter, The Charlotte Observer (voice) (archive sound) Self - Reporter, The Charlotte Observer (voice) (archive sound) See fewer
Joseph A. DeLaine Jr. Self - Son of Rev. De Laine (as J.A. De Laine Jr.) Self - Son of Rev. De Laine (as J.A. De Laine Jr.) See fewer	Forgotten Fires (1998)
Duke Ellington Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Kari Frederickson Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	Three Days at Foster (2013)
Belinda Gergel Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	American Experience (1988)
Richard Gergel Self - Author, Unexampled Courage Self - Author, Unexampled Courage See fewer	Stormy! (2014)
André Holland Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	Moonlight (I) (2016)
Sherrilyn Ifill Self - President, NAACP Legal Defense Fund Self - President, NAACP Legal Defense Fund See fewer	Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook (2019)
Rawn James Self - Writer Self - Writer See fewer	Mr. Civil Rights: Thurgood Marshall and the NAACP (2014)
Brent Jennings Isaac Woodard (voice) Isaac Woodard (voice) See fewer	Lodge 49 (2018)
Gilbert King Self - Writer Self - Writer See fewer	American Experience (1988)
Kenneth Mack Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	Black Pioneers (2017)
Patricia Sullivan Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow (2002)
Elizabeth Waring Self - Wife of Judge J. Waties Waring (voice) (archive sound) Self - Wife of Judge J. Waties Waring (voice) (archive sound) See fewer
Orson Welles Self (voice) (archive footage) Self (voice) (archive footage) See fewer	Citizen Kane (1941)
Laura Williams Self - Great-niece of Isaac Woodard Self - Great-niece of Isaac Woodard See fewer	American Experience (1988)
Isaac Woodard Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Robert Young Sr. Self - Nephew of Isaac Woodard Self - Nephew of Isaac Woodard See fewer	American Experience (1988)
Eleanor Roosevelt Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Women in Defense (1941)
Strom Thurmond Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Bicentennial Minutes (1974)
Harry S. Truman Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	The History of Sportfishing