Ahead of the Sky History launch on Sunday 1st October, RadioTimes.com<\/a> caught up with the legendary actor who revealed a surprising family revelation he discovered during filming.<\/p>\n In the docuseries, Freeman talks of how Black soldiers were seldom recorded, however, he was aware that his biological father and two brothers were called to war. His father was sent home, as the army didn\u2019t usually take multiple siblings, however, his two uncles went on to fight.<\/p>\n Freeman\u2019s uncle Jesse later returned from combat and the family always believed that his other uncle was missing in action. That is, until research in the documentary proved otherwise.<\/p>\n \u201cI had thought that I heard when I was a little boy that he was MIA \u2013\u00a0 missing in action \u2013 and in the Pacific somewhere,\u201d he told RadioTimes.com<\/strong> exclusively.<\/p>\n He continued: \u201cSo you know my imagination went to work and I thought, \u2018Okay, so he was probably one of those construction battalions that worked under fire sometimes and that\u2019s what happened\u2019. So I was very surprised.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was a big surprise! All my life I thought one thing and then research proves that something else was true \u2013 back then [that] he was murdered in France. I\u2019d like to know what he was doing in France and what happened there. We\u2019re still looking around to see if we can find any more information.\u201d<\/p> While the docuseries will premiere this weekend, the Shawshank Redemption star tell us that it\u2019s been almost 20 years in the making: \u201cA long time ago, 20 something years now, a writer came to us with a project about 761st tank battalion and, of course, I\u2019ve always been fascinated about what went on with Black people in history, particularly in the wars and so we latched on to it.<\/p>\n \u201cThat writer ultimately died and we carried it around for a while and couldn\u2019t get any traction with it. And then, recently, we just decided, \u2018Okay, we won\u2019t try to make the movie. We\u2019ll do a documentary. We have a documentary section at revelations. So we got started and we had some really good research people and came up with that documentary.\u201d<\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n Now, the 89-year-old is hoping that the docuseries will fill in the gap when it comes to American history, stating in the doc that army films such as Private Ryan don\u2019t feature any Black people when in fact, there were Black soldiers during WWII.<\/p>\n \u201cIt just fills in the gaps of American history as far as I\u2019m concerned. One of the major gaps in all of American history is Black people\u2019s involvement in the history, not just being killed and murdered or whatever, but contribution,\u201d he said.<\/p> ![\"Morgan](\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/09\/Morgan-Freeman-Original-Blank-Panthers-documentary-cc70c39.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C413\" "\\"Morgan-Freeman-Original-Blank-Panthers-documentary\\"\/")
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