The Inventor: A short film about the vision and sacrifice of a man who changed the world. INSPIRED BY the life of Garrett A. Morgan.
Garrett A. Morgan was a Cleveland-based, African-American inventor who most notably patented the three-signal traffic light and created the precursor to the modern gas mask. Set in 1916, this short film explores the business and moral dilemma Garrett faced after he and his brother Frank used an invention of Garrett’s own making to rescue miners trapped in an underground inferno, and were then left out of the story entirely.