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The Glass Shield

The Glass Shield

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 16, 1994

Runtime

1h 49m

Genres

Drama, Action, Thriller, Crime

User Score

48%

Original Title

The Glass Shield

Production Companies

CiBy 2000, Byrnes Schroeder Walker Productions

Director

Charles Burnett

Description

J.J. is a rookie in the Sheriff's Department and the first black officer at that station. Racial tensions run high in the department as some of J.J.'s fellow officers resent his presence. His only real friend is the other new trooper, the first female officer to work there, who also suffers similar discrimination in the otherwise all-white male work environment. When J.J. becomes increasingly aware of police corruption during the murder trial of Teddy Woods, whom he helped to arrest, he faces difficult decisions and puts himself into grave personal danger in the service of justice.