The Glass Shield

The Glass Shield

Infobox Film
name = The Glass Shield


image_size =
caption = Theatrical poster
director = Charles Burnett
producer = Thomas S. Byrnes
Carolyn Schroeder
writer = Charles Burnett
John Eddie Johnson
Ned Welsh
narrator =
starring = Ice Cube
Michael Boatman
Lori Petty
music = Stephen James Taylor
cinematography =
editing =
distributor = Miramax Films
released = June 2, 1995
runtime = 109 minutes
country = United States
language = English
budget =
gross = US$3 291 163
preceded_by =
followed_by =
website =
amg_id =
imdb_id = 0109906

"The Glass Shield" is a 1995 crime drama film starring Ice Cube, Michael Boatman and Lori Petty, directed by Charles Burnett.

Plot

Deputy John Johnson (J.J.) (Michael Boatman) is a rookie in the Los Angeles 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 (Lori Petty), 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 (Ice Cube), who he helped to arrest, he faces difficult decisions and puts himself into grave personal danger in the service of justice.

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