'The Woman King' | Sept 2022 | Viola Davis, Lashana Lynch, John Boyega, Thuso Mbedu
- Thread starter Optimus Prime
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I'll be watching. There need to be more movies about historical African royalty, kingdoms and empires. There's so much African history that doesn't get explored
A movie about Ethiopia's victory over Italy at the Battle of Adwa led by Emperor Menelik II would be dope
A movie about Ethiopia's victory over Italy at the Battle of Adwa led by Emperor Menelik II would be dope
1ncognegro
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shyt looks dooooooope
this is dope!!!
Mission249
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Trailer looks good. I'm fine with a little revisionist history. All the other people clean up their history for the movies too.
Peter Popoff
Black uptowns and a chess board nıgga
Now this is how you make Black Panther 2.
Json
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Good to see this amount of money poured into an original story, historical, and from the POC point of view.
One of the few times casting a Hollywood name actually does draw money/eyes to a project that would otherwise be buried.
One of the few times casting a Hollywood name actually does draw money/eyes to a project that would otherwise be buried.
Kooley_High
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I thought so lol. I hope they touch on that in the movie. The Northman didnt shy away from showing Vikings as crazed savages when they went on a raid I think the same should be shown here. ImYes big time
King Gezo of Dahomey: West Africa's most notorious slave-trading monarch who had an all-female army
Historians perceived him as a notorious slave-trader who terrorised several communities in Nigeria and Benin Republic in the 18th Century, raiding towns, capturing natives who he traded and exchanged with Europeans for goods such as bayonets, firearms, fabrics, and spirits. His 40 years reign...neusroom.com
Dwayne_Taylor
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Where are the men ? 
