Complex sentence: In a review of the film, one historian criticized the anti-slavery portrayal of the VMI cadets in the film as being historically inaccurate, stating that such views were rare among the majority white Virginian men in the 1860s.
Split into simpler sentences: In a review of the film, one historian criticized the portrayal of the VMI cadets in the film as being anti-slavery. He stated that such a portrayal was historically inaccurate, as such views were rare among the majority of white Virginian men in the 1860s.