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A Soldier's Story is a 1984 American mystery drama film directed and produced by Norman Jewison, adapted by Charles Fuller from his Pulitzer Prize-winning A Soldier's Play. It is a murder mystery set in a segregated regiment of the U.S Army commanded by White officers and training in the Jim Crow South .
Nov 2, 1984 · A black officer investigates a murder of a black sergeant in a racially charged situation in Louisiana. The film explores themes of racism, identity and justice through flashbacks and interviews with the suspects and witnesses.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Norman Jewison
- 1984-11-02
A movie about the murder of a black sergeant in a racist Army base in 1944. Roger Ebert criticizes the plot, the performance and the ending of this docudrama directed by Norman Jewison.
Find out who starred in and worked behind the scenes of the 1984 film A Soldier's Story, directed by Norman Jewison and based on a play by Charles Fuller. See the full list of actors, producers, writers, composers, and more on IMDb.
A black Army investigator (Howard E. Rollins Jr.) travels to a remote military base in the heart of the Louisiana backwoods to look into the mysterious murder of a black sergeant toward the...
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- Norman Jewison
- PG
- Howard E. Rollins Jr.
When a sergeant of an all-black unit in Louisiana during WWII is murdered, an Army lawyer investigates if the crime was an act of extreme white bigotry or could the killer be a soldier in the victim's unit who all hated him for his harsh treatment.
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A black army lawyer investigates the murder of a black sergeant in a racially charged situation in World War II Louisiana. The film explores the themes of prejudice, justice, and brotherhood through flashbacks, interviews, and musical performances.
