Charles Fuller (adapted from his own stage play, A Soldier's Play )
The film explores the "internalized racism" of Sergeant Waters, who attempts to "purify" the Black race by weeding out those he considers "unworthy" or stereotypical. A Soldier's Story
The story begins with the murder of , a stern Black sergeant found shot to death near a segregated Army base in the deep South. Because the murder occurs in a racially charged environment, initial suspicion falls on local white racists or the Ku Klux Klan. Charles Fuller (adapted from his own stage play,
