Glory | Truth Behind The Movie

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. It stars Matthew Broderick as Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, the regiment's commanding officer, and Denzel Washington, Cary Elwes, and Morgan Freeman as fictional members of the 54th. The screenplay by Kevin Jarre was based on the books Lay This Laurel (1973) by Lincoln Kirstein and One Gallant Rush (1965) by Peter Burchard and the personal letters of Shaw. The film depicts the soldiers of the 54th from the formation of their regiment to their heroic actions at the Second Battle of Fort Wagner.
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[@brianhill5009]

Its historical inaccuracies aside, "Glory" is one of those few films that made me proud of being an American.

[@SARHistories]

It’s a great movie, one that I highly recommend! It’s great that it made you feel proud of being an American. 👍

[@matthewmendoza7417]

We watch this in my 8th grade history classes.

[@SARHistories]

That’s awesome! I wish my history class was like that. 👍