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Glory & Honor (1998)

Glory & Honor poster
Directed by
Kevin Hooks
Genre
biographical film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 34m
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The film tells the true story of explorers Robert Peary and Matthew Henson as they attempt to reach the North Pole in 1909. It also shows their long partnership through years of Arctic expeditions.

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What happens

Glory & Honor is a 1998 American docudrama television film directed by Kevin Hooks and written by Jeff Lewis and Susan Rhinehart, from a story by Robert Caputo. The film is based on the true story of Robert Peary (Henry Czerny) and Matthew Henson's (Delroy Lindo) 1909 journey to the Geographic North Pole, and their nearly 20-year history of exploring the Arctic together. It aired on TNT on March 1, 1998. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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