The Humanities Film Series presents
GLORY
Friday, November 16, 7-9 PM
ETC Lecture Hall
Glory stars Matthew Broderick as Colonel Robert Gould Shaw with Morgan Freeman and Denzel Washington as two of the members of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, one of the first African American regiments in the Union Army. In his review of the film, Roger Ebert wrote, “These men are proud to be soldiers, proud to wear the uniform and also too proud to accept the racism they see all around them, as when a decision is made to pay black troops less than white. Blacks march as far, bleed as much and die as soon, they argue. Why should they be paid less for the same work? …[This question provokes a] turning point for the 54th, fusing the officers and men together into a unit with mutual trust.” But can they prove their worth to the Union army as a whole?