A longform documentary "sequel" to the original motion picture “Glory.” This documentary was directed by Star Wars/Lucasfilm legend and Oscar winner Ben Burtt (who also edited and created the sound design) and was written by historian Ray Herbeck, Jr. It was originally released on VHS in a 2cassette set with the movie in the early 1990s.

The Civil War epic which earned Denzel Washington his first Academy Award — and also starring Morgan Freeman, Andre Braugher, Matthew Broderick, and Cary Elwes — tells the harrowing story of the Second Battle of Fort Wagner, a July 1863 Union assault at Morris Island, South Carolina, on one of the Southern Confederacy’s prominent strongholds.

“Glory” highlights the heroics of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, the climactic assault’s spearheading unit that was made up of black soldiers and commanded by Col. Robert Gould Shaw (Broderick). The formation of the 54th came in the immediate months following President Abraham Lincoln’s Jan. 1, 1863, Emancipation Proclamation, which authorized black men to officially serve in the U.S. Army and Navy.

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The Story, in brief: Following the Battle of Antietam, Col. Robert Gould Shaw (Matthew Broderick) is offered command of the United States' first allAfricanAmerican regiment, the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. With junior officer Cabot Forbes (Cary Elwes), Shaw puts together a strong and proud unit, including the escaped slave Trip (Denzel Washington) and the wise gravedigger John Rawlins (Morgan Freeman). At first limited to menial manual tasks, the regiment fights to be placed in the heat of battle.

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