Glory

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Scene from the film Glory showing Morgan Freeman, Cary Elwes, Andre Braugher, Matthew Broderick, and Jihmi Kennedy in Civil War uniforms during a training session outdoors.

Scene from the film Glory showing African American Union soldiers in Civil War uniforms marching in formation, with Morgan Freeman fourth from left and American flags in the background.

Glory

film by Zwick [1989]

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- Second Battle of Fort Wagner
  …depicted in the 1989 film Glory.
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  …depicted in the 1989 film Glory.
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- Robert Gould Shaw
  …recounted in the motion picture Glory (1989).
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  …recounted in the motion picture Glory (1989).
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Matthew Broderick
Roles from the late 1980s and early ’90s and marriage to Sarah Jessica Parker
…and the Civil War drama Glory (1989), about Robert Gould Shaw, who commanded the first all-Black volunteer military company in the U.S. He also starred in film adaptations of Biloxi Blues (1988) and Torch Song Trilogy (1988). The 1990s, he told The Guardian, were a struggle. “People associated me with…
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…and the Civil War drama Glory (1989), about Robert Gould Shaw, who commanded the first all-Black volunteer military company in the U.S. He also starred in film adaptations of Biloxi Blues (1988) and Torch Song Trilogy (1988). The 1990s, he told The Guardian, were a struggle. “People associated me with…
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Morgan Freeman
…hard-hearted Civil War soldier in Glory (1989), and an aging gunslinger in Unforgiven (1992). He made his directorial debut with the anti-apartheid film Bopha! (1993). A third Oscar nomination came for his soulful turn as a convict in The Shawshank Redemption (1994).
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…hard-hearted Civil War soldier in Glory (1989), and an aging gunslinger in Unforgiven (1992). He made his directorial debut with the anti-apartheid film Bopha! (1993). A third Oscar nomination came for his soulful turn as a convict in The Shawshank Redemption (1994).
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Denzel Washington
First years in Hollywood
…the American Civil War film Glory (1989).
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…the American Civil War film Glory (1989).
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