North & South - Die Schlacht bei New Market (DVD)

In 1864, the American Civil War reaches its climax: President Abraham Lincoln appoints General Ulysses S. Grant as commander-in-chief of the Union troops, the advocate of unconditional war. As the Southern Army soon suffers from supply shortages and dwindling troops, Confederate General John C. Breckinridge sends 247 young cadets from the Virginia Military Institute, an elite school for Southern officers, to defend the nearby Shenandoah Valley. In the legendary "Battle of New Market", they must suddenly leave their youth behind and summon up all their courage to fight a battle that not all of them will live to see... (DVD)

Starring Hollywood stars Golden Globe nominee Jason Isaacs ("Harry Potter" series), Golden Globe nominee Tom Skerritt ("Top Gun"), Primetime Emmy Award winner Keith David ("Platoon") and David Arquette ("Scream" series), this film takes a stand against both the crimes of slavery and those of war itself.