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Glory is a 1989 American historical war drama film directed by Edward Zwick about the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, one of the Union Army 's earliest African-American regiments in the American Civil War.
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Dec 10, 2021 · “Glory” is the title of an Academy Award winning Civil War film from 1989 that is focused on the story of the all-black Yankee regiment of fighting men – the Massachusetts 54th – commanded by white officer, Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, played by Matthew Broderick.
Jul 18, 2013 · John David Smith: The determination of Shaw and his men raised the consciousness of northerners, white and black, to the possible value of black soldiers in...
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Sep 14, 2020 · Based on a True Story. Why ‘Glory’ Still Resonates More Than Three Decades Later. Newly added to Netflix, the Civil War movie reminds the nation that black Americans fought for their own...
Advertisement. "Glory" tells the story of the 54th Regiment largely through the eyes of Shaw ( Matthew Broderick ), who in an early scene in the film is seen horrified and disoriented by the violence of the battlefield. Returned home to recover from wounds, he is recruited to lead a newly formed black regiment and takes the job even though his ...
During the American Civil War, the Massachusetts Infantry Regiment engages Confederate forces in the bloody Battle of Antietam. Captain Robert Gould Shaw ( Matthew Broderick) is injured in the battle and assumed lost, but is found alive by a gravedigger named John Rawlins ( Morgan Freeman) and sent to a field hospital.
Glory: Directed by Edward Zwick. With Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington, Cary Elwes, Morgan Freeman. Robert Gould Shaw leads the U.S. Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices from both his own Union Army, and the Confederates.
