Good movie about the Massachusetts 54

Rating: 7/10 (2 January 2017)

I watched this movie for a history assignment and I thought it portrayed a different part of the war, Centering around the Massachusetts 54 infantry,The first black battalion. It showed their battle for equality, Not equality in the modern sense but equality as In their fight to be allowed to even fight In battle, Because they were black they faced racism on their own side before they fought the confederates. A good example of this shown in the movie was when a quartermaster withheld shoes from colonel Shaw (Matthew Broderick).Another example of this was when the white soldiers who were marching into battle didn't get along with the soldiers of the 54th who were doing manual labor on the side of the road. When the 54th was finally allowed to fight they did so bravely. Their crowning moment was their attack on fort Wagner, which unfortunately did not fall due to their attack and it was In this battle that Colonel Shaw was killed, Also many other members of the fifty fourth were killed. I like the fact that the movie shows a historical accuracy by burying Shaw with his men, This was meant as a sign of disrespect but was not taken as such by Shaw's family when they received the news.I did not however like the goriness in the movie, although accurate especially when Shaw was in that medical room and another soldier was screaming at the doctor who was amputating his leg. Overall I give it a seven out of ten.