Men of Honor, made in 2001, was directed by George Tillman Jr. and produced by Robert Teitel. It stars Robert Deniro as Chief Sunday, and Cuba Gooding Jr. as Carl Brashear, along with Aunjanue Ellis, Hal Holbrook, David Keith, Michael Rapaport, Powers Boothe, and Charlize Theron. It depicts the struggles of a black navy man, Carl Brashear. Brashear’s story spans the years between 1950 and 1968 and sees multiple Navy camps, bases, ships, and hospitals.
Carl Brashear is a black mule driver on his father’s farm with aspirations to be in the navy. The problem is that black men in the navy do not advance very far in the 1950s. Nevertheless, Carl leaves home and joins up. He starts off as a cook on the U.S.S Hoist, but soon moves up to a rescue unit after he shows himself to be the fastest swimmer on the ship. Soon after, he sees Chief Sunday risk his life to save another diver’s life. The feat ends Sunday’s diving career, and helps Carl deci
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One day he is searching the ocean floor for a bomb when a Russian submarine almost runs him over. Instead of lowering him his tools, they throw them into the water, scattering them over the ocean floor. Instead a white student is given a medal. He is told he will not be allowed to pass. He is the first black to accomplish this, and does it with only one leg. After writing 100s of letters, he is finally accepted into Sunday’s diving school. He then goes into a white bar where the other sailors are. The other men will not bunk with him. He pushes two men out of harms way while a piece of metal on the rope flies up and severs his leg. He narrowly escapes and finds the bomb. One night Carl learns his father has died. It tells me that a person can overcome seemingly insurmountable odds to accomplish anything he wants.
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