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2020 · FILM

The 24th

An all-Black regiment of soldiers, wronged by a racist justice system and brutal police violence, erupts in a desperate act of defiance during the 1917 Houston Riot, fighting for dignity in a nation that refuses to see them as equal.

I am a man

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Runtime
101 min
DramaHistory

Synopsis

The incredibly powerful and timely true story of the all-black Twenty-Fourth United States Infantry Regiment, and the Houston Riot of 1917. The Houston Riot was a mutiny by 156 African American soldiers in response to the brutal violence and abuse at the hands of Houston police officers.

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Principal cast & crew: 19

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Edited by Mollie GoldsteinShot by Brett PawlakScored by Alex HeffesDesigned by Jonathan A Carlson

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