"Glory" Reflection

The thing that surprised me most about "Glory" was when none of the black soldiers or white commanders left the army when the confederates sent them a letter saying all black men will become slave, black people in uniform will be shot on sight, and white officers will be executed. It made me think on how much motivation the Union had to win this war. Through this movie I learned the hardships an  african-american soldiers experiences. They are discriminated by other white soldiers and also most of the time they don't even get a chance to fight. In the movie, the soldiers were denied shoes because of their color. There were some parts in the movie that had a "hollywood" feel to it. Such as the part when the white soldiers were cheering for the black soldiers going into the battle, when before they were ready to fight each other. Overall though, the movie was very realistic such as the battle scenes and the rough army life of an African-American soldier.