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Written and directed by Gary Ross, the film stars Matthew McConaughey, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Mahershala Ali, and Keri Russell. The story is based on the history of Jones County, Mississippi, during the Civil War and the period immediately after it. The overall story follows the history of Jones County; some of the events portrayed are true.
The End of the Civil War (2009, History Channel): a collection of four separately produced and aired films sold as a single title: Sherman's March (2007), April 1865 (2003), The Hunt for John Wilkes Booth (2007), and Stealing Lincoln's Body (2009). The collection is also known as The Last Days of the Civil War. Gettysburg (broadcast on History ...
The film stars Van Heflin and Susan Hayward with Boris Karloff, Julie London, Whitfield Connor, Ward Bond and Richard Long. Karloff plays a Choctaw Indian. [4] [5] A radio version of Tap Roots, with Van Heflin, Susan Hayward and Richard Long reprising their film roles, was broadcast by the Lux Radio Theatre on September 27, 1948.
The film opens with the President of the United States (Nick Offerman, outstanding, as ever), hair helmet firmly in place, rehearsing as he is about to address the nation.
Executive Order 9981 was an executive order issued on July 26, 1948, by President Harry S. Truman. It abolished discrimination "on the basis of race, color, religion or national origin" in the United States Armed Forces. The Order led to the re-integration of the services during the Korean War (1950–1953). [1]
Memoir of War (French: La douleur) (2017) – French war drama film based on the 1985 autobiographical novel La Douleur by Marguerite Duras [112] Menendez: Blood Brothers (2017) – biographical crime television film based on the lives of Lyle and Erik Menendez, two brothers who were convicted of murdering their parents in 1989 [113]
Parker's film of the Civil Rights era contest over desegregation. 1989: Do the Right Thing: Spike Lee: Acclaimed comedy-drama of racial tensions and rioting in Brooklyn. 1989: Glory: Edward Zwick: Matthew Broderick stars as the anxious white commander of an experimental all-black troop of the Union Army in the American Civil War. 1989: For ...
It's a civil asset forfeiture revenge film: part Rambo, part Reacher, part Institute for Justice legal brief. Rebel Ridge follows an ex-Marine who gets knocked off his bike by a pair of local cops.