Andersonville - A Movie Review

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To be honest, I rented this movie reluctantly. I didn't expect to be as moved and touched as I was by the end of the film. Andersonville was the infamous Southern prison camp located in Andersonville, Georgia. The film begins with a Massachusetts regiment that is captured and sent by train to the prison camp. Once there, they are greeted by the Raiders, who are a group of Union soldiers who murder, steal and abuse fellow soldiers within the camp. They are also greeted by one of their own regiment members whom they believed was dead. As the film progresses, we see how horrid and terrible conditions were in Andersonville. The creek which lies within the prison camp is filthy and we see prisoners bathing, washing clothes, "relieving" themselves of

Not only were the prisoners being abused and tortured by other Union soldiers, but by their captors as well. Captain Wirz was the overseer of Andersonville. He was cruel and paraded around as if he were a god. He did nothing to improve the conditions of the camp and if anything made it even worse by withholding food and other necessary supplies from the prisoners. Upon inspection of the camp, we see that the South did not intend to place the P.O.W.'s in such a horrible condition.

We also see the tension between the men within the camp. The Raiders and the "rest" of the prisoners. A rebellion against these men occur and a trial is conducted with a jury of peers. At the end of the trial, the Raiders (6 of them) are condemned to be hung. The emotions during

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Approximate Word count = 518
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)

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