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The free film series "The Screening Room: Classics, Crowd-Pleasers, Cult Favorites and Neglected Gems" concludes its celebration of Black History Month with an award-winning movie favorite.

Edward Zwick’s Oscar-winning Civil War drama "Glory" (1989) – starring Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington, Morgan Freeman and Cary Elwes – will be screened at 7 p.m. tonight (Thursday, Feb. 25) at the Florence-Lauderdale Public Library, 350 N. Wood Ave., Florence, Alabama.

The fact-based historical drama follows Union Col. Robert Gould Shaw (Broderick) as he leads the U.S. Civil War’s first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of both his own Union army and their Confederate adversaries.
Glory won Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor (Washington), Best Cinematography and Best Sound.

"The Screening Room" is sponsored by the Florence-Lauderdale Public Library and Pillar of Fire. The series is organized and hosted by film historian and Pillar of Fire founder Terry Pace, who teaches English at UNA.

All "Screening Room" programs are free and open to the public. For details, call the library at (256) 764-6564 or Pillar of Fire at (256) 366-4512, or e-mail pillaroffire@bellsouth.net.

“We runaway slaves, but we come back fightin’ men. Go tell your folks how kingdom come in the year of jubilee!” – Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins (Morgan Freeman) in Edward Zwick’s "Glory" (1989)
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