At a time when there has been much discussion about doing away with the “strong Black woman” stereotype that has dehumanized us, Gina Prince-Bythewood’s The Woman King is a love letter to Black women ...
As soon as “The Woman King” begins, audiences will know the film is unlike any they’ve seen before. Sharpened nails are pressed into eyes, necks are slit and bodies crumble to the ground as the mighty ...
There are no superheroes in "The Woman King." The new film about the Agojie, the all-female African army who inspired the fictional Dora Milaje in Marvel's "Black Panther," allows women "to look up on ...
The recently released Hollywood blockbuster The Woman King is a movie loosely based on the Dahomey civilization in West Africa that existed from 1600 to 1900. Starring Viola Davis, the ambition of ...
The documentary film "Dahomey" is a story of return, the restitution of stolen royal treasures. The 26 artifacts were among thousands taken by French colonial troops in the late 19th century from the ...
Period epic The Woman King opens with a Star Wars-style text crawl that uses pulpy language to explain the movie's historical context, and the first scene is an intense, visceral battle, setting up ...
A long-silent voice from a distant past — eerie and reverberating — awakens in the climate-controlled, antiseptic chambers of a Paris museum. The forum through which this entity communicates to us is ...
NYFF: "Making films is fighting against all the stereotypes that colonialism has created," Diop told IndieWire of her documentary about the repatriation of Beninese artifacts. Mati Diop cuts a ...
Ilze Kitshoff Ilze Kitshoff/Tristar Pictures Viola Davis and Lashana Lynch are pictured with young recruits in "The Woman King." Leah Asmelash, CNN As soon as “The Woman King” begins, audiences will ...
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