A Soldier's Story (1984). This scene has its place in Black Cinema history. Starring Howard E. Rollins, Jr., Adolph Caesar, Art Evans, Denzel Washington, David Alan Grier, Larry Riley, David Harris, Robert Townsend, Patti LaBelle, William Allen Young, Dennis Lipscomb A black Army investigator (Howard E. Rollins Jr.) travels to a remote military base in the heart of the Louisiana backwoods to look into the mysterious murder of a black sergeant toward the tail end of World War II. Once he arrives,

A SOLDIER'S STORY ('84) features early performances from Denzel Washington, David Allen Grier and Robert Townsend. Washington impressed director Norman Jewison so much, he wrote in his memoir, "He was intelligent, rebellious, totally confident, and spectacularly talented." | Turner Classic Movies: TCM