Movie is Hollywood fiction. It’s about a deserter who should have been shot. He was no hero. He also didn’t have a valid marriage to a former slave, as interracial marriages were against the law in the 19th Century. There’s a lot of Southern heroes to make a movie about. This deserter was not one of them.
He was not just "a deserter". Also, just because he didn't have a "valid marriage" is part of the point.
We certainly know your view point
It was a true story and the movie presented it fairly
“There’s a lot of Southern heroes to make a movie about. This deserter was not one of them.”
John Pelham, for starters.
He wasn’t a hero to you but he is apparently held in high regard and a hero in several circles. He sure was a rascal though.
Indeed. The whole purpose of this movie was to evilize white Southerners by portraying this reprobate as superior to the rest of the South.