In Warriors of Honor: The Faith and Legacy of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson, documentary filmmaker Brian Barkley chronicles the role that religion played for the two military leaders, while also presenting an in-depth look at the Civil War. During battles, Lee often asked for God's guidance and used his faith to help him make military decisions. Jackson, a deacon at his church, accepted his death from a war injury as God's will.
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Very Cool!!!
Just so...so bad
It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.
This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama
Many will see this and immediately dismiss this as propaganda and racist. I decided to check it out online and it gave me a different perspective of these two generals. It goes without saying that a person cannot judge history unless they lived through it and this documentary adds to the shades of grey(no pun intended)which we see in history. Both Robert E. Lee and Thomas J. Jackson are revered in the South and are quasi-saints. This documentary was made by those whose agenda is to dispel the simple idea that these men were bloodthirsty racists who simply wanted to keep enslaving others. Their reasons for joining the war were complex and came down to loyalty of family rather than allegiance to an abstract notion such as nationality.If you are interested deeply in the Civil War and want a different perspective to make your knowledge of the subject more robust, I suggest you watch this movie. If you are OK with your dialectical understanding of history and do not wish to muddy your knowledge with more grey areas, then this is not for you.
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