Title: The Glass Shield (The Glass Shield)
Release Date: 1994-09-16
IMDB ID: tt0109906
Vote Average: 5 (48 votes)
Overview: 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.
Cast: Michael Boatman (Dep. J.J. Johnson), Lori Petty (Dep. Deborah Fields), Ice Cube (Theodore 'Teddy' Woods), Erich Anderson (D.A. Ira Kern), Bernie Casey (James Locket), Richard Anderson (Watch Cmmdr. Clarence Massey),
Crew: Charles Burnett (Director), Armen Ksajikian (Musician), Ned Welsh (Screenplay), John Eddie Johnson (Screenplay), Elliot Davis (Director of Photography), Carolyn Schroeder (Producer),