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This excerpt from an article on the historical accuracy of Glory is from Reelviews.

"The historical backdrop against which Glory transpires is mostly historically accurate. In fact, a great deal of effort went into getting the details correct. The main events shown in the film happened much as they are depicted, some of the key characters (Shaw, Frederick Douglas, etc.) existed, and the outcome was as Zwick presents it. Many of the secondary characters are either partially or entirely fictionalized, but they are intended to represent a broad cross-section of the types of men who joined the Massachusetts 54th. The danger in this approach is that it becomes easy to trivialize the individuals, turning them into types rather than people. Fortunately, Jarre's screenplay avoids the trap. The characters in Glory never seem less than three-dimensional."

The movie Glory was produced and directed based on true events that happened in history. The director, Edward Zwick, worked hard to ensure that his actors perform the details as the real event did. Zwick was so accurate that he made sure that the true vital characters were present during the main events. For example, Col. Shaw and Frederick Douglas were actual leaders in battles during the Civil War. There were many other characters that were also an important part of the movie. Though that they are fictionalized it was important that they were not characterized as stereotypes and to resemble the diversity of the soldiers through the 54th Regiment. The movie does a great job with avoiding to use every detail but it does include the important events and the details necessary. The characters did a great job of this which helps excel Glory.