The Woman King is one of the best movies I ever watched, controversy be damned
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Wait how have ppl been able to fake and act like they don’t know what “akata” means when this slur has clearly been an issue for at least a couple DECADES?!
I have never seen that scene (admittedly I’ve probably only watched a few minutes of Sugar Hill because I was too young as a kid), but this was such an issue it was addressed in film back in the 90s?! Wtf
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THE PRICE OF THE BRICK GOING UP!
I’ll torrent it when the Blu-ray rip drops. Best I can do 
Nkrumah Was Right
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If you’re not Nigerian, but are African, how would you know?
If you’re a Nigerian but only used that word in Nigeria to describe other Nigerians, how would you know?
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bourgeoisie tall freak
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i don't get the fake controversy. my fav movie is goodfellas, the community generally loves the paid in fulls, american gangster, godfathers, etc. all based on real life event, but all with a lot of extras, and they certainly paint psychopathic criminals in popular light.
i don't go to hollywood for history lessons, it's entertainment
OP had me at beautiful cinematography
, you love to see it
i don't go to hollywood for history lessons, it's entertainment
OP had me at beautiful cinematography
, you love to see it
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Was there a whiteboy love interest? 
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BelowTheMasonDixon
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Yall gonna say I'm jumping out the window but I always thought Viola Davis attractive. Especially young
the bossman
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Nah I don't feel there's a right or wrong in this. From what I understand Viola fell in love with the whole idea of a fierce all black female Spartan type army long ago. Then the role she played in BP which was also inspired by Dahomey probably fueled her desire to do the film even more. Plus seeing how BP took the world by storm.
Her and the Love n Basketball chick really wanted to capitalize on that moment where everyone was in love with BP. For them it was probably all about doing a project where they could really flex the black girl magic narrative despite the dark history the real Dahomey had.
Some folks just not even gonna give it a chance and that's their right.
I’m gonna watch and decide for myself
This is the first movie where people are being encouraged to immediately boycott before it even came out because of historical inaccuracy
Which is odd since people hold many period piece movies in high regard despite being super inaccurate
Also seems odd when an all black cast in an all black film is made with high production and all of a sudden it’s boycott now before it hits the box office
Only good thing I could see if its success makes even more way for all black high production films to be green lit without Tyler perry or will packer’s name on it
This is the first movie where people are being encouraged to immediately boycott before it even came out because of historical inaccuracy
Which is odd since people hold many period piece movies in high regard despite being super inaccurate
Also seems odd when an all black cast in an all black film is made with high production and all of a sudden it’s boycott now before it hits the box office
Only good thing I could see if its success makes even more way for all black high production films to be green lit without Tyler perry or will packer’s name on it
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She wasn’t in BP