Film Programs
- Art Films and Events: Summer 2013
- Glory
September 15 at 4:00
East Building AuditoriumIntroduction by Ed Zwick
Washington premiere of the digital restoration
In conjunction with the exhibition Tell It with Pride: The 54th Massachusetts Regiment and Augustus Saint-Gaudens’ Shaw Memorial, and in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, this new restoration of Glory, the landmark film dramatizing the establishment of the first African American fighting unit and the July 18, 1863, storming of Fort Wagner (a turning point in the war) will be introduced and discussed by director Ed Zwick. (Ed Zwick, 1989, DCP, 122 minutes)
Image courtesy Photofest
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Artist
Augustus Saint-Gaudens,
American, 1848–1907
Work of Art
Augustus Saint-Gaudens
Shaw Memorial, 1900