‘Glory’: The Heroic, Historic 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment

This installment of ‘Movies for Teens and Young Adults’ redefines independence, not just as freedom but as the right use of it.  

(L–R) Col. Robert Gould Shaw (Matthew Roderick), Pvt Trip (Denzel Washington), and Sgt. Maj John Rawling (Morgan Freeman), in “Glory.” MovieStillsDB

Director Edward Zwick’s film fictionalizes the fate of the first largely black 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, commanded by Col. Robert Gould Shaw, son of influential Boston abolitionists. President Abraham Lincoln went on to recognize how indispensable this 19th-century regiment was to the victory of the United States and to the dismantling of slavery. Check the Internet Movie Database website (imdb.com) for plot summary, cast, reviews, and ratings; a review is also on The Epoch Times website.

Robert Gould Shaw (L) and Matthew Broderick, who plays the colonel in “Glory.” MovieStillsDB