The movie, Glory of 1989 is based on the true historical story, of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, as portrayed through the eyes of the white commanding officer Robert Gould Shaw during the Civil War. The brigade contained black men fighting for their freedom and country. Although many were unsure as to whether there was any need of such black brigades and also whether these men had the abilities to even fight. Even though some like Fredrick Douglas felt that there was a need of a black brigade and having the extra fighters their chances of winning would raise tremendously.
The movie uncovers many parts of the civil war. It displayed the cruel truths that the soldiers who fought in the war had to encounter. It also exposed the extremely
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The black soldiers did not only fight in the war but they also had to deal with their discriminatory white soldiers on their side. The movie, Glory is not only about training and warfare structures, but it’s also about the friendship and bonds of soldiers, and the fearlessness with which these men fight for in order to reach their objective. The men of the 54th Regiment even though they are untrained, wanted to give their greatest effort to show the North that they can fight, which eventually ended their lives, but they grew to be real war heroes. From the very beginning Shaw is a very strict and crucial in developing and training the brigade and features the significance of momentum, endurance and alertness. These actions in the movie appears to be a master/slave connection, but these different disciplines are vital and expected in war. The movie Glory displays that there was not that big of a difference in the approach of the South and the North during the civil war towards the blacks, as they experienced in slavery. The Northern opponent wanted to release those who were kept in slavery, but it is very obvious in the movie that they were believed to be mismatched in many ways. The black men in the 54th Regiment wanted to show their potential