A Soldier's Play

1h 41m
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In a segregated army camp in Louisiana in 1944, a black sergeant is shot dead after crying out "they still hate you." As the play examines the murder, the truth of it becomes more shocking and hateful than the murder itself.

Cast

David Alan Grier
Sergeant Vernon C. Waters
Blair Underwood
Captain Richard Davenport
Nnamdi Asomugha
Private First Class Melvin Peterson
Jerry O'Connell
Captain Charles Taylor
Rob Demery
Corporal Bernard Cobb
Warner Miller
Corporal Ellis
McKinley Belcher III
Private Louis Henson
Billy Eugene Jones
Private James Wilkie
Jared Grimes
Private Tony Smalls
J. Alphonse Nicholson
Private C.J. Memphis
Nate Mann
Lietuenant Byrd
Lee Aaron Rosen
Captain Wilcox

Crew

Kenny Leon
Director
Charles Fuller
Writer
Jim Carnahan
Casting
Dede Ayite
Costume Design
Dan Moses Schreier
Sound Designer
Allen Lee Hughes
Lighting Design
Kate Wilson
Dialect Coach
Derek McLane
Set Designer
Thomas Schall
Fight Choreographer

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