The Harlem Hellfighters' Great War

IMDb 0.0 2017 • 90 min • DocumentaryHistoryWar

Director

François Reinhardt

Country

FR

Plot Summary

Nicknamed the "Harlem Hellfighters", these African-Americans wanted to become ordinary citizens like everyone else. They saw fighting heroically in the trenches as their chance to achieve this. In 1918, the 15th New York National Guard Regiment became the most highly decorated unit of the First World War.

Top Cast

Philippe Baudoin
Philippe Baudoin Musicologist, Jazz Historian
Barack Obama
Barack Obama Self