Glory captures the heroism of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw and the first black regiment in the Civil War, the Massachusetts "Fighting" Fifty-fourth. An extremely talented cast and crew earned three Academy Awards (cinematography, sound and supporting actor) and five nominations for their work in Glory. The outstanding cinematography, sound, score and acting recreate the events leading up to the Union attack on Fort Wagner on July 18th 1863. Matthew Broderick portrays the young Bostonian abolitionist Col. …showed first 75 words of 1941 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1941 total…that battle and several more were injured. That is what proved to the white regiments looking on that the black soldiers were worthy of battle. Glory captures that triumph. Bibliography Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television. Detroit: Gale Research, Volume 10 Ebert, Roger. The Chicago Sun-Times, January 12, 1990 Howe, Desson. The Washington Post, January 12, 1990 Lukas, Blake. Magill's Cinema Annual 1990, Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Salem Press, 1990 Maltin, Leonard. Leonard Maltin's Movie Encyclopedia, The Penguin Publishing Company, New York, NY 1994.