Negro Soldier
by Stuart Heisler

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Movie Review: A fascinating, historically significant documentary
Summary: 5 Stars

The content of the film, which runs for forty minutes, is presented in a most interesting way, as it is narrated by a minister in an African-American church. Seeing several soldiers among the congregation, the minister decides to forego his planned sermon and speak to the importance of the war effort. Strangely enough, he has a copy of Mein Kampf with him and reads several pertinent passages as part of his introduction to the subject at hand. He first points to a number of important African-Americans in each of America's wars, starting with the Revolutionary War and working his way up to World War II, while we are treated to a montage of videos illustrating the stories of such men as he describes. The minister then takes time to praise the role of African-Americans in the building and continuing prosperity of the country and its infrastructure. At one point, a woman in the congregation gets up and reads a letter from her son, who has just been made a lieutenant; to the backdrop of this letter, we are taken through the boot camp experience to see the making of a soldier. In closing, the minister speaks to the current war effort itself, and the film closes with a medley of patriotic songs. The Negro Soldier portrays military service as a challenge but one that offers nothing but benefit and reward to those who don the uniform. While it foregoes any mention of hardship for African-Americans in "this man's army," it does offer an inspiring and historically significant look at a somewhat neglected aspect of American military history.

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