glory

GLORY HALLELUJAH

The legendary film Glory begins with a scene of war. In this war, Robert Gould Shaw (Matthew Broderick) sees the violence caused by the war and is disillusioned. He returns home to find that his parents, who are strict abolitionists, have volunteered him to lead an all-black army, which is to be a part of the Union forces.
At first he is completely stunned. Later, however, he realizes that he must take this up as a challenge. He gets many volunteers. As they arrive at their training camp, however, the other soldiers jeer at them. These men brave this and begin getting into shape. At first their use is limited to the realm of manual labor. The movie stars Denzel Washington and Morgan Freeman. Washington plays a very bull headed soldier who seems to wish to fight the world. Morgan plays an old mans who later becomes a non commissioned officer, a Sergeant. Washington is consistently trying to fight. At first, he escapes in hopes of getting shoes, only to be brought b...