Astounding Movie

Rating: 9/10 (16 August 2018)

African-Americans have fought in every American war since Crispus Attucks was killed in the Revolutionary War and arguably there was no more important war for African-Americans than the Civil War. "Glory", largely based upon the book "Lay this Laurel", is about the 54th Massachusetts regiment during the Civil War which was made up of black soldiers.
The movie picks up sometime in 1862 with the war already going on. Not long into the movie the idea is proposed and adopted to incorporate black soldiers. They were very willing but very raw. Many of them were runaway slaves and didn't know the first thing about army life or fighting in a war. It's both a heartwarming and heart-wrenching story that should be a source of pride for any African-American and even any American. It is a very patriotic story about men that wanted to fight for what every American cherishes: freedom. It just so happens that they had to fight for the Union Army to gain that freedom.