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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064135/
Black Brigade or Carter's Army is a made for TV offering from the
producer that brought you Beverly Hills 90210. The film lives up to
those expectations.
While there are many films involving blacks in the military there are
few that fit even the Blaxploitation outer rim of "primarily a black
film". During the pre-work of putting together Red Tails George Lucas
apparently became so angry with the Hollywood system that would not
get behind a major movie solely focused on black airmen that he openly
considered leaving the industry, (if only he had made this film before
the advent of Jar Jar Binks). As such there are many films that
involve the story of a black man within the white controlled military
army it is rare to find a broader context. Oddly enough I do recall
seeing a film, another made for TV, that chronicled the true
experience of a black officer who was charged in the South with
basically being 'black' in the company of a white woman which
ultimately set into motion the true integration of the US Army, which
in fact has one of the better records in this respect, but do you
think I can remember the name of that film?
Black Brigade is at least closer to the truth than most films and
television shows in that there were no integrated units in WW2. As
such Lucas' Red Tails and Black Brigade are historically accurate
whereas The Dirty Dozen, Combat etc. are fabrications that Hollywood
wanted us to buy into.
So a terrible film but at least realistic.
Quick piece of trivia though. Even though Truman signed the Executive
Order in 1948 requiring the integration of troops during the Korean
War segregation remained in effect due to the fact that Black Units
decided not to disband and join the mainstream, (I expect there were
some exceptions so no nitpicking), which of course means that MASH is
also full of it. It wasn't until Vietnam that integration truly came
into effect but then again considering that black men were rarely able
to avoid the draft I expect this was more about sheer numbers.
Btw there will be a test on all of these posts and when you are done
pass your papers forward and Mjello will collect them.
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