Episode description

It had to happen eventually – this week we take our first foray into the world of Civil War film with 1989's Glory, Ed Zwick's epic about the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, one of the first African American regiments to serve in the conflict. Joining us is Professor Jay Sexton, the Rich and Nancy Kinder Chair in Constitutional Democracy at the University of Missouri. We talk reenactments, James Horner's score, the long trend of Civil War on film, and the film's continuing legacy, and much much more. Jay also brings some great insight into how Matthew Broderick's casting continues to resonate to the present day. All of that and more in this episode!

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