A Soldier's Story

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American film drama film film

A Soldier's Story is a 1984 American drama film adapted from Charles Fuller's Pulitzer Prize–winning play, exploring racism and justice within a segregated Black army unit during World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film →
drama film →
film →
adaptationOf stage play →
basedOn A Soldier's Play →
basedOnWorkAuthor Charles Fuller →
cinematographer Russell Boyd →
composer Herbie Hancock →
countryOfOrigin United States of America →
surface form: United States
director Norman Jewison →
distributor Columbia Pictures →
editor Priscilla Nedd-Friendly →
filmFormat color →
genre drama →
legal drama →
war film →
hasCharacter Captain Davenport →
Sergeant Waters →
language English →
mainTheme military justice →
racism →
segregation in the U.S. Army →
medium theatrical film →
narrativeForm mystery →
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Picture →
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor →
originalPlayAward Pulitzer Prize for Drama →
portrays investigation of a murder within an army unit →
racial tensions in the U.S. military →
producer Norman Jewison →
productionCompany Norman Jewison →
surface form: Norman Jewison Productions
releaseDecade 1980s →
releaseYear 1984 →
runtimeMinutes 101 →
screenwriter Charles Fuller →
settingCountry United States of America →
surface form: United States
settingDetail segregated African-American army unit →
settingPeriod World War II →
starredActor Adolph Caesar →
Art Evans →
David Alan Grier →
Denzel Washington →
Howard E. Rollins Jr. →
Larry Riley →
Patti LaBelle →
Robert Townsend →
William Allen Young →
supportingActorNominee Adolph Caesar →

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Norman Jewison → directed → A Soldier's Story →
Norman Jewison → notableWork → A Soldier's Story →
Omar Bradley → notableWork → A Soldier's Story →
this entity surface form: A Soldier’s Story