A Soliders Story: Sgt. Waters

A Soldier's Story is a 1984 drama film directed by Norman Jewison. It is a story about racism and segregation in a black army regiment with white officers deep in the Jim Crow South. A black officer investigates a murder of a black non-commissioned officer on an army base in Louisiana near the end of World War II, a time and place where no one had ever seen a black officer. Starting with a tiny but pithy clue of the sergeant's last moments and last words, the movie is a powerful thriller and historical drama.

[@KeepIt1HuniTT]

I still can't believe Adolf Caeser did not get an Oscar for his impeccable work in this film.

[@redn40]

How could you watch this movie and not believe they wouldn't give him an Oscar for his great performance??🫤

[@kennethjeromemoore2196]

❤He was Awesome!

[@ra15899550]

Adolph Caesar was indeed Oscar material in his epic role as Sgt. Waters in "A Soldiers Story". Mr. Caesar should have gotten the "nod" for the Academy Award. R.I.P. Mr. Caesar😍

[@eddierascalhaskell4954]

He was also Movie Trailer Voice guy for a long time.

[@fcruz43215]

Dude was incredible!

[@whittler0507]

This is one of the finest performances by a great actor .. The last speech he makes in the mirror is true acting at its finest .. Ceasar deserved the best supporting actor award for his unforgettable performance as Watters .. he was great ..

[@patbax7805]

He was incredible.

[@NormAppleton]

Oh Yeah

[@gyamfio]

It took me years to finally understand this character in the film. Years later, I truly understand why his role was so important. My father served in both WWII and Korean War and a lot of men came home just like Sgt. Waters... (Great Performance!!!)

[@alliwishis_2]

I'm sorry that I replied to your post so late but I also had to comment as well on the fact that it was not just the mindset of the soldiers that were in World War II but it was an overall mindset that was basically coming from the Roaring Twenties I say this because my grandfather was too old ( He was 23 in '41 ) to join in World War II but he basically had the same mindset as with Sgt Waters It was mainly a lot of high-minded intellectual mechanical mindset that was coming out of the Roaring Twenties at that time Many black folks who did not know how to read and write at that time strove real hard to either get it for themselves or to have their children go to school at get into colleges And SOME did achieve that in the late 50s and early 60s.. But obviously white folks really wasn't really having any of that.. obviously

[@victorevanssr.5034]

Absolutely

[@kharyvines6971]

THEY STILL AROUND

[@roderickstockdale1678]

@@alliwishis_2a lot of soldiers were average age early/mid 20’s when they volunteered or were drafted during the war in fact ‘43 that’s when they took the most 25-26 year olds because they needed men to fill their billets in their outfits and meet their quotas, sometimes probably even older than that…28, 35. It didn’t matter how old you were if you were a man and able to serve they would scoop you up and put you in rank. At that time they took all the men they needed.

[@wisccheese9257]

​@@kharyvines6971 would you blame them

[@sunntzu]

Hands down, one of the best movies I ever watched back in the late 80's.

[@vincentrobinson3078]

1984

[@NormAppleton]

First time we ever saw Denzel and that's a thing.

[@jamiesanders3572]

I was a young boy when this movie came out in the 80’s. I am now 49 years old and just watched this film in 2024. This film is impeccable and has a deep meaning to it. You have to see the perspective in all the main characters Sgt. Waters, C.J., Peterson and Capt. Davenport. Everyone plays a certain role in how racism affects America and the black community. Awesome film 🎥

[@bomgodd]

You ain't make sure you watched it when a boy? I DID.

[@TheDoorspook11c]

Age brought wisdom. I saw it when it came out cause I came from a military family. We all still served and continue to do so, out of progressive hope.

[@Polo22546]

Not having is no excuse for not getting!! Brilliant!

[@SinewRending]

*No, it is not.*

[@wisccheese9257]

​@@SinewRending well if you have African parents, yes it is

[@SinewRending]

@@wisccheese9257 *Not for you to say. Hush.*

[@torgman]

A fine performer who passed away just when he began getting universal recognition.

[@bomgodd]

In BLACK AMERICA, it's different

[@torgman]

@@bomgodd I don't DOUBT IT.

[@maxsweet3000]

I use to hate this movie but in reality, it's very deep. it's content on how we see the world and each other from then to now...nothing has changed for us as a people. Sad.

[@kharyvines6971]

I WAS IN ELEMENTARY WHEN IT CAME OUT. I LOVED IT

[@SinewRending]

​@AxelRudakubana-q9f*Hush.*

[@quentinparker7404]

Powerful statement.😪

[@SinewRending]

@@maxsweet3000 *Plenty has changed.*

[@brodyboynumber9]

my brother and i used to watch this on WGN in New Orleans when they showed it every year for black history. this movie still resonates a lot today. its a shame more people my age (26) dont know about this movie or Adolph Caesar. This guy was absolute genius. You will never see a movie like this with so much star power in it. alot of the actors in here went on to have moderately to very successful acting/stand up careers. This movie truly is a gem!!!

[@jodylowe8476]

The actor playing Waters should have gotten an Oscar.

[@jondstewart]

I swear, Adolph Caesar’s performance just blew me away back when I saw this on HBO in the 80s! It was outstanding ! You liked the man in a way for his intelligence and discipline, but also despised him.

[@aydicee]

RIP Adolph Caesar, Howard Rollins and Larry Riley!

[@adrianchatman5734]

I know! 3 greats taken way too early. They were amazing in this film!

[@corduerorose9747]

You forgot john hancock

[@briank.bishop482]

AWESOME ACTORS !!

[@AliageTaqi]

Which one was Adolph Caesar?

[@aydicee]

@@AliageTaqi Sgt. Waters

[@mikekillagreen9432]

What a cast! He got nominated for an Oscar. Wow. This film came out 2 years before he died. He was only 50 but looked 70.

[@V4Now]

Hard life, certain gens look old due to stress.

[@mikekillagreen9432]

@V4Now Not just that, but people now know how to take care of themselves. Most people over 50 looked super old then...now look at Samuel L Jackson, Denzel Washington and John Travolta all in their 70's looking 50. Back then drinking everyday and smoking with no sleep and eating cheeseburgers without exercise was the norm.

[@jondstewart]

@@mikekillagreen9432and at the same time, most men were thin or just looked a little paunchy if they were inactive or drank. Obesity was rare. I don’t know what made Adolph Caesar die early, unless he was a personality like he was in this movie. Angry, bitter, and stressed out all the time. But he gave a hell of a performance and this is a role and movie overlooked to this day! It was somewhat popular in the days of 1985-1986 HBO when they had Not Necessarily the News and First and Ten. It’s been forgotten and he’s been forgotten!

[@pricks47]

" They still hate you" ...A chilling realization on his part.

[@SinewRending]

*He knew it all along.*

[@cornelldavis6703]

And still today !!

[@SinewRending]

​@@cornelldavis6703*Yes.*

[@danielbrown3461]

@@cornelldavis6703 And vice versa....Hate runs all ways.

[@SinewRending]

​@@danielbrown3461*Get out of here with that garbage. You're missing the point and lowering the tone.*

[@tomhamilton5261]

Brilliant cast. Excellent story directed by the brilliant Norman Jewison who directed In the heat of the night, another masterpiece.

[@mikekillagreen9432]

Denzel Washington, Robert Townsend, David Alan Grier, Howard Rollins, Art Evans (Die Hard 2), William Allen Young (Moesha), Larry Riley (Knots Landing), Adolph Caesar. Wow!!

[@Polo22546]

So much talent!!

[@mikekillagreen9432]

@@Polo22546 Amen!

[@MoodyG9]

Hell yeah WOW 👌🏽

[@CharlesWashington-s5m]

I've watched The Soldier Story so many times that I lost count, and for years, I thought that Sgt. Waters was a self-hating black man, but really he wasn't. He had faced racism all of his life as a civilian, and in the armed forces. He just wanted black men to be respected. Unfortunately for him, he let his unhealthy obsession of CJ get the best of him.

[@michaelcollins6354]

The Sargent wasn't wrong in his thinking about the black man's condition in this country. He just went about it the wrong way. Our people need to be waken up not destroyed. Instead of being a strong, powerful mentor in C.J.'s life he would rather destroy him. This is the part where he was wrong.

[@capoislamort100]

@@michaelcollins6354some cannot be or plain refuse to be ‘woken’ from their condition, what do you do then…………

[@rh906]

@@michaelcollins6354 Around WW2 to the 70s they could have been awakened and they were. Unfortunately our ancestors decided to listen to DuBois instead of Booker T Washington. Now we are in a massive fallen state it is going to require a crash and shoving their faces into the mess they made to hopefully have a "Ah ha" moment of "we dun f'd" up, we need to change.

[@SinewRending]

​@@capoislamort100*What are you on about?*

[@Brother_Dre1900]

His heart may have initially been in the "right place", but his tough love on Black folks just masked what he began to develop for his people, along the way: utter contempt and hatred.

[@antoinebatiste3267]

Talk about a classic!!!! One of my favorites!!!

[@Duneek]

As a kid, I always just saw Sgt Waters as a villain, but a lot of his perspectives weren't bad. He was just too intent on forcing others to adopt them, forcefully.

[@herseyberry4655]

He was a hippodrome. He hated himself .

[@Duneek]

@@herseyberry4655 He was a theater or performance venue? (Hippodrome)

[@brandonnorman4595]

It wasn’t he just a fucked up way about going about it

[@mrfreeze0054]

this scene just inspired me to go after my goals. to prove to myself that i can do what i put my mind to.

[@dienglee]

Adolph Ceasar was absolutely brilliant as Sgt. Warters. His performance blew me and most others away when we first saw the film back in 1984. With all the powerful scenes he was in, expressing anger and dominance, the second part of this clip is by far the most powerful scene of the movie. As Sgt. Warters recounts the story of the incident in WWI France how can you not be moved and mesmerized? His performance was simply stunning; one of the best I have ever seen.

[@SinewRending]

His anger is palpable. You can see the cold rage and humiliation on his face especially culminating when he says, "bananas." Killing that one soldier didn't help one bit; his frustration stayed with him throughout the first war and into the second.

[@cligeorge]

THIS WAS AN OSCAR WINNING MOVIE, IN EVERY CATEGORY !

[@DeremiahDerrick]

Sarge was a complicated character. He meant well but he was conflicted with his people's situation. This is a classic example of what pouring love instead of distain will do. One of my favorite movies

[@Crimsonking2006]

Wow, what a great film. It should be ranked right up there with all the best military war movies.

[@irvings3353]

I'd like to see Sgt.Watters, and Gunnery Sgt. Hardman together in the same movie.

[@JnEricsonx]

Hartman didn't give a damn about race-just if he could get the men trained. Would have been interesting though.

[@Repeal-19thA]

As an adult I truly appreciate Sgt. Waters. He was tough but he was also 100% correct.

[@SinewRending]

*No, he was not.*

[@Repeal-19thA]

@@SinewRending Except he was. It takes pride and discipline to rise in life, not shuckin and jivin.

[@SinewRending]

@@Repeal-19thA *You're not great at recognizing nuances, are you? His respectability politics, internalized racism, disdain for other Black people and his own self-hatred caused him to perform his own version of shuckin' and jivin' and ultimately led to his end. Waters was nothing to emulate or admire.*

[@SinewRending]

@@Repeal-19thA *He wasn't, and you apparently aren't too good at recognizing nuances. Waters' internalized racism brought about his self-hatred which led to his engagement in respectability politics and manifested in his disdain for Southern Black people. All of these factors ultimately led to his downfall. Waters was nothing to emulate or admire.*

[@SinewRending]

@@Repeal-19thA *Did you even watch the entire movie?*

[@Anna-Jade]

Sgt. Watters was a complex character. He hated himself and he projected that self-hatred on to his own people. Deep down, he envied CJ, even though he claimed to hate people like CJ. He knew that CJ was comfortable in his own skin........CJ didn't want to be White and he had self respect. CJ was a genuinely decent and honorable Man, who felt no hatred towards anyone. In fact, CJ was so kind and compassionate that he even admitted that he felt sorry for Sgt. Watters because Sgt. Watters didn't know where he belonged. A combination of self-hatred and jealousy is what drove Sgt. Watters to destroy CJ.

[@LBF522]

Nice analysis.

[@donaldleider7382]

You rarely see a movie with a character so conflicted and complex as Sergeant Waters. Film making at its finest!

[@Bourbon101LRSD]

How many Army NCO’s are watching this and thinking “ is that what I’m like when I’m drunk”? 😂😂

[@fcruz43215]

This was an amazing movie...saw it when I was a kid.

[@obatron1]

Man, that scene when Waters is piss drunk is really chilling, everything from the look on his face after he growls and lunges at the two white soldiers all the way down to him proclaiming that he hated himself. Ceasar should have won an Oscar.

[@dallascorpio]

Officers don't drive military vehicles they get assigned a driver.

[@scottjohnson5303]

I always felt he was robbed of an Oscar.He was phenomenal.Howard Rollins was brilliant. Simply brilliant. Again Mr. Ceasar a consummate thespian.

[@NoboDeeee]

I can’t help but respect a man who doesn’t make excuses however he died in his contradiction. The drunk scene gave away a lot psychology that was twisted around in his head

[@SCOLA23155]

NOW THAT'S ACTING! BRAVO!!!

[@dancingmckay]

Brings tears to my eyes, incredible acting!

[@igorlobkovenko9480]

This movie made a 15 million dollar profit. Thats very impressive for a film largely built on dialogue. The acting is wonderful throughout.

[@jsmith3692]

Man his Character was so important and still is now .

[@kevinjones2912]

Give that man a Posthumous award 👏 🎉❤

[@NikCarterNYC]

The best line in the whole movie was Denzel :"well where you from? ENGLAND".... the look on their faces when he says that and they slink away behind him, knocks me on my ass everytime! lmao

[@SinewRending]

*"Git'cho FUCKIN' hands off me!"*

[@mikekillagreen9432]

Yessss!

[@alliwishis_2]

​@@SinewRending🤣😆🎯 the whole movie was just 💥🔥🔥🔥👊🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿 ESP this scene here in the canteen

[@cocaroto9650]

"Now not having" is no excuse for "not gettin". Sgt. Waters can still catch a fade but damn he did have words of wisdom.

[@SinewRending]

*No. It's just respectability politics.*

[@ThomasG.-hh9gg]

I am a 60 year old Irish American male and I have ALOT of respect for sgt. waters

[@daoldballcoach7472]

Man thanks for making this!!!

[@garycole520]

I can’t imagine living back in the days when “America was great” and having to endure the bigotry, abuse and blatant discrimination my parents, grandparents and great grandparents had to endure.

[@2daguru77]

You could really feel the hate. This character is powerful because if you pay attention he really believes that what he does is right. Like he has a purpose to act the way he does. His hate of southern blacks seemed real and we still have blacks that feel this way. RIP Adolph Ceasar.

[@SinewRending]

cough *Thomas Sowell,* cough. cough.

[@mathiso01]

@@SinewRending how?

[@SinewRending]

@@mathiso01 Have you ever heard him talk about Southern black people?

[@ExecuteALLdemoratsANDrinos]

@@SinewRending Thomas Sowell is one of the greatest minds America have ever produced, they do not hate Blacks from the south they hated their ignorant ghetto behavior. If we closed our ranks to those fools like Sgt Waters father suggested we do Black America would not be in the piss poor shape it is in today.

[@wethepplwhorblackerthanblu6442]

@@SinewRending Yeah I heard of him talking about the Southern blacks and where they get many of their culture from And most of the time he is right but mainly from the old heads who was around then He cant really speak on the new guys on the block tho

[@09rja]

Love that voice.

[@KNJ3]

Then again General Powell raised the standards. We have Sgt. Water types throughout our culture but we have to set higher standards for our kids without being dismissive to each other. You are correct an outstanding movie.

[@damien5138]

No. You do have to call out the trash

[@anthonybutler2001]

We need more Sgt Waters not CJ’s and Petersons.

[@SinewRending]

@@anthonybutler2001 *These are characters. You do know that, right? We don't need people like Sargeant Waters.*

[@SinewRending]

@@damien5138 *That's how white racists feel about you.*

[@anthonybutler2001]

@@SinewRending No we don’t need CJ’s or Petersons

[@angelobrodie9415]

This movie showed just how bad racism is really bad .

[@pk06511]

NAH HE WAS DEEP HE TLKING ABOUT ALL THEM FOOLS ON LOVE HIP HOP ATL!!

[@TheMasterRhyme]

If this Movie doesn't Choke you up and make you Think........ you're not a Human Being.

[@ASAMOAH24]

such a wonderful actor! brilliant in everything he did.

[@donwaltz2798]

This speech needs to be said about lil wayne

[@LegaciesRetrieval]

8:10

[@LANORDA9]

Caesar's character was one of the best examples of internalized racism and the nonsense of respectability politics that comes along with it. Great actor.

[@SinewRending]

Yeah.

[@lennarthomas]

I view it differently. To me this is a great portrayal of Eugenics. I can’t help but agree with Watters argument. I just don’t agree with his approach of setting a man up who didn’t do the actual crime.

[@ExecuteALLdemoratsANDrinos]

@@lennarthomas same here agreed with his message but not his methods.

[@SinewRending]

@@ExecuteALLdemoratsANDrinos *Both his message and his methods were rooted in self-hating bullshit. It was only when he was drunk and at the end of his life did he admit his folly.*

[@SinewRending]

@@lennarthomas *You do realize that those who support eugenics don't think very highly at all of Black people. You do know that, right?*

[@WWAHP]

Great clips, but you forgot the two most memorable lines, "They Still Hate You" & "The Day Of The Geechee Is Over"

[@anthonybutler2001]

We need more Sgt Waters in the black community!!!

[@Amazingfilms148]

A coon that talk down on this own kind Because he hated himself.

[@SinewRending]

*Hush.*

[@ShadowX2406]

The reasonings that Sgt. Waters had is one thing. His approach to go about handling the matters within the black community ultimately cost him his life.

[@eddierascalhaskell4954]

They call him Uncle Ruckus now. And what?

[@goforbroke4428]

@@eddierascalhaskell4954they call a proud black man who wants respect and equal treatment for his race, uncle ruckus?

[@gilgamess]

Ultimately the play is about the toxicity of racism. Outward and inward. As we see in the movie, the "Close the Ranks to the Chitterlings" thinking is passed from generation to generation and leads to death (I am keeping this as spoiler-free as I can!). Yes, we as a people are to be valued as a race, no worse or better than any other ethnicity, but who is the judge of who lives or dies if "the standard" is not met?

[@SinewRending]

Thank you. That's the takeaway.

[@RohgishSun]

Well put, with your alluding to the measure unit of "the standard." 🎯

[@TheChuck624]

Sadly enough I actually knew a few black senior NCO's in the Army as late the 80's who just about had the same attitude as this character. They made me very uncomfortable being a white NCO around them. I knew they hated me to but wouldn't let on.

[@TheTallMan50]

Adolph Caesar also narrated the trailer for the 1981 slasher flick, The Prowler. His voice was so chilling and creepy. "The Prowler...if he wants you, he'll get you" Check it out sometime.

[@GatorGirl04]

Just like he did in The Color Purple!!! Such a shame he passed before he really got started as a movie star...

[@darvinjackson2440]

This movie is a classic 💯💯💯✌️

[@sccc6758]

Great movie. Highly recomend

[@t2shyfromphilly]

Sgt. Waters was hell. The scary thing is there are people in the world like him or even worse.

[@tonytoni1150]

He was very smart

[@anthonybutler2001]

Sgt Waters was right

[@SinewRending]

@@anthonybutler2001 *No, he was not.*

[@alliwishis_2]

​​​@@SinewRending Yes he was.. Yes he IS You just give up way too easy just like officer Wilks

[@SinewRending]

​@@alliwishis_2​ *Hush, boy. You know nothing. You apparently don't understand why Waters ended up like he did.*

[@JRFrancisco20088]

As a Mexican-American, this film spoke to me. This kind of thing happens in ALL minority races. Higher status members of one race blame the less successful and uneducated members for white racism, as in "it's people like you who give us a bad rap." Sad, really. Racism does not go way by achieving a higher status or behaving in a certain way . . . it's about skin color and nationality.

[@SinewRending]

Thank you.

[@andrebredell3293]

Great observation!!

[@wethepplwhorblackerthanblu6442]

You all won't believe me but I see this a lot with a lot of white folks as well here in the South And I m just as black as all these guys in the movie smh

[@anthonybutler2001]

And believe that it’s the low levels that make the rest look bad, you obviously haven’t learned anything!

[@SinewRending]

@@anthonybutler2001 *You just made yourself look bad by writing an incomprehensible sentence.*

[@Deucalion169]

Adolph Caesar was excellent and so was the whole cast, I can't say we would have killed the guy at Cafe Napoleon but he would definitely have got the beating of his life!!

[@alliwishis_2]

I double that

[@SinewRending]

​@@alliwishis_2*Why?*

[@SinewRending]

*Why?*

[@chefruss419]

One of the great performances ever!!

[@trottheblackdog]

Man Caesar's voice sounded like razor wire.

[@midorian12491]

Rusted razor wire

[@ONECSALL]

Great movie, Sgt Waters reminds me of a NCO I had at Ft. Knox in the 80's he thought he was hot shit dawging me in front of my peers married to a german woman the other NCO;s in the company would talk about him all the time so really was a dumb stupid shit. set us back as africa american soldiers back then.

[@daskommandantkrieger2503]

I can't believe how good Adolf was in this! This film and Club Paradise are all I've seen him in.

[@jonathanwpressman]

Is that David Allan Greer at 2:40

[@CarFitSki22]

Consider investing the time to watch this movie in its entirety.

[@filmgirlLisa]

This is one of my favorite movies of all time. What I LOVE is that there are no clear villains (or true anti-heroes) in this movie. There's only perspective and who feels more or less right. Sgt Waters feels in some ways right but his attitude ultimately goes too far because at it's core it's driven by indoctrinated self-hatred.

[@MoodyG9]

Thank you, its all about perspectives

[@emerycandy326]

I liked both movies A Soldier's Story and Platoon inspite of both films being set during differnt wars they both gave us characters who crossed the line but were'nt always bad men. Neither Sergeant Waters or Sergeant Barenes were Hollywood's run of the mill villians. They weren't bad seeds or guys who became villians over night. Waters was a man who wanted to better the image of his fellow blacks. But took it a step too far by framing C.J. for murder. Barnes belived in what he was figting for in Vietnam and was angry at the U.S. Goverment for sending young men off to die in an undeclared war America's poltical leaders of that era weren't fighting to win. I personally knew a lot of Boomers who were also Vietnam vets who felt that way even if they didn't do the things Barnes did in the film Platoon. Both are examples of once honorable men who were willing to victimize or even murder other U.S. Soldiers in Barnes ' case to further thier causes.

[@djscratchnsniff]

thanks for the video

[@laminage]

This was the Second time I saw a Movie where Black Soldiers were put in The Stockade. Cadence was another example. I can understand to a degree why Sarge is so angry at Wilkie, he was supposed to be Stone Cold Sober anything could have happened. Also I'm sure that Sargent Waters may have gotten "flack" since Wilkie was under his supervision. Also Wilkie felt that because he was The Sarge's "Boy" aka "Puppet" he would have gotten away with stuff. You saw how Guilty Wilkie looked when they "found" the Gun under CJ Memphis's Bed.

[@M45Sebring]

Got a real small problem, its but 5 foot 2, they call him sarge, and so do you. Better watch what you say better watch what you do, Cause that low down dirty waters, his going roll right over you! Oh Lawd! Lawd, Lawd, Lawd, Lawd!!

[@alliwishis_2]

😆😂😉🎯🇺🇲

[@Docmananoff]

I totally agree with Water's philosophy. If we rid ourselves of the rif raff on both ends of the spectrum...we'd see a change.

[@SinewRending]

I disagree. It's more complex than that.

[@Docmananoff]

@@SinewRending How so?

[@SinewRending]

@@Docmananoff It's the twenty-first century, dude. We are way past the pointing of letting the bad or questionable behavior of one Black person make a statement about us all.

[@Docmananoff]

@@SinewRending Yeah, I know what century it is. But what part about getting rid of the ‘bad apples’ is a bad thing?

[@LambdaSigmaPBS1914]

I agree!!!!!!

[@anthonythompson2118]

Cornbread style...... lmfao. this is actually one of my favorite movies in that part still gets to me

[@defmx04]

Powerful stuff, great acting too.

[@BodyPuncher20s]

I hated this dude. I understand his motives but he was wrong for what he did to CJ.

[@anibalcesarnishizk2205]

One thing is to be hated and other is to be despised.

[@tommyboy7233]

"I ain't doing nothing white folks say do no more, No More." I love it. Frame: 5:00

[@highn00n]

Yea tell that to the biden supporters...😂😂😂

[@SinewRending]

@@highn00n *Get squashed, MAGAt.*

[@SinewRending]

​@@highn00n*Hush, MAGAt.*

[@mikekillagreen9432]

Powerful!

[@eddierascalhaskell4954]

Adolph Caesar...just the cadence of his speech and that voice alone...

[@40streetblack79]

Yo,this dude deserve a Oscar for real,damn Hollywood!!! Check out the twitch at the end after he says watch everything!!!!! Epic performance,mind blowing!!!!!!!

[@itsnodawayitustabe5654]

Nothing against Hang Ngor but he really wasn't an actor, he was cast after a producer found out he was Cambodian and wanted authenticity and got. Ngor was a Dr and had his wife die in his arms so the emotion was there, though it always is with the best actors. Caesar was a northern black from NY and Waters was probably from Indiana or Ohio based on the amount of education he had but also racism exposure, Indiana not the south was the KKK's biggest recruiting state in its second iteration

[@roderickstockdale1678]

@@itsnodawayitustabe5654I was guessing Missouri being as exposed as he was and saying that his father shoveled coal and the fact that Missouri was also a slave state I guess he chose the progressive way instead of the illiterate way and told his kids, Waters and his younger sister, probably, to be progressive. Like he said he made sure they went to school because he was illiterate himself.

[@marcussimmons2708]

It’s incredible how people are growing to appreciate Sgt. Waters more and more. I didn’t like him at first but you know what?!? Nothing he said was wrong… 👍🏾!

[@SinewRending]

*Acquaint yourself with the concept of respectability politics.*

[@eddierascalhaskell4954]

*"Knock it off. We don't need no more of that guitar pickin', sittin' round the shack music today CJ!"*

[@davidstylespro]

Amazing film

[@rmsolympic1]

@missayawk I did not know that Ceasar had died. But yes, he was a an absolute genius. I also loved him in the COlor Purple.

[@NikCarterNYC]

"ya god damned GEECHIE"! amazing!!

[@TheIrishny]

"Not havin' is no excuse for not gettin'"

[@SinewRending]

*Respectability politics.*

[@TheIrishny]

@@SinewRending Or maybe it's someone doing their best for their family?

[@SinewRending]

@@TheIrishny *No.*

[@TheIrishny]

@@SinewRending Good chat.

[@DennnisHennry]

Master ful performance from Sgt waters...yet it took years ..2 realise..that he was right...but you gotta cut through and years of his dark brand of brutal bullying..2 see his overall motives was black excellence..

[@FCReggae]

Red 1 , this movie hit hard as a boy .

[@TheAmccoy2121]

“The day of the geechie is gone… and you gone with it.”

[@kochayeo]

Sergeant Waters was just broken in spirit. And they reason why he hated CJ so much was because he seen something in him that he once had. But was stomped out of him.😢 Which is the sad reality that a lot our people is still facing to this day. And it will take us to be truly liberated & independent as a nation of colored people, for us to finally heal and be at peace. And it will happen. One day.

[@DavidPittsChess]

Sgt waters was right!

[@jeffreymeehan3116]

Haing S. Ngor won for The Killing Fields in 1984

[@derricksmith6425]

That speech he gave in the mirror was classic. It let you know that he wasn't a hater of all black folks. Just a certain kind.. The ignorant ones..

[@kevinjones2912]

Adolf Ceasar/ Sgt Waters deserved the oscar then and now for his magnificent performance in a Soldiers Story ❤

[@danielthompson6511]

I served with all races and it was my honor to serve with them

[@sportshistorybuff]

Which do you think is a better, more haunting monologue? This or Robert Shaw's recollention of the Indianapolis sinking as Quint in Jaws? Can anyone suggest another unforgettable monologue? Arnold praying to Crom before the Battle of the Mounds in Conan?

[@hukeeaboo]

"ile be dam if it aint the white boyz all starched and stiff want everyone to learn to that symphony shit"

[@SinewRending]

I say that!

[@Lazarwolf1]

400 years of racial trauma coalesced in one man.

[@MoodyG9]

Wow you're right, great observation

[@HuslteFaction]

As an Aspiring Future Actor. Adolph's technique is Immortalizing... RicciHuslte Productions #Learn2Live #DrainthePinealGland