Product Description

This Turner Network Televison movie tells the true story of the black calvary corps known as the 'Buffalo Soldiers.' These troops patrolled America's wild west after the civil war. In addition to keeping the peace, they fought the racism of their commanders and other white corps soldiers.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #24061 in DVD
• Brand: TURNER HM ENTERTAINM
• Released on: 2006-01-10
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Subtitled, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English, Spanish, French
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: 1.00 pounds
• Running time: 94 minutes

Customer Reviews

Ignored chapter of American History...
This commendable film addresses a shamefully ignored chapter of U.S. history. Freed slaves were enlisted in the military to patrol Western territories. Many served with distinction, as the narrative here takes pains to point out. Thankfully, the film is not unduly preachy, and it is very well acted. But it remains a bit sketchy and is dramatically a bit on the limp side. Well worth watching, but it could have been better developed and edited.

Do NOT Watch This with Children
This is a great movie about the struggles of early Black Americans and a virtually unknown chapter of their history. Danny Glover did a wonderful job portraying an Army officer at the time - a great leader to his men, even while being forced to be submissive to equal and higher ranking white officers.

We were excited about the G rating and the opportunity to share this movie with our family ages 2-11, but were shocked when not too far into it we were blasted with language, hangings (of children nonetheless), torture, and other acts of violence. We turned it off and finished watching it later after the kids were in bed, only to discover more of the same, as well as four nude men covered in blood. The G rating is absolutely incorrect. PG would be pushing it, PG-13 more likely. I can't believe they hit that so far from the mark.

I definitely see the value in teaching children about history, but if you're going to make a movie for children to watch, the content should be on a child's level. Given the rating I have to question who's agenda got the G through. I can imagine a teacher informing parents the students will be watching this great G rated movie, IF they are even required to inform parents with the low movie rating. Makes me sick. I also thought it interesting that the other two reviews that mentioned rating had low customer marks. Go to netflix for more accurate reviews.

The Buffalo Soldiers Danny Glover
This is a superb film, giving the viewer a great story of a little known period of American history. The battle/skirmish scenes with the Apache were well done and very realistic. I did not let the automobile approaching in the distance in one of the scenes at Fort Craig put me off either.Glad I bought this DVD.