The Woman King Insists a Different World Is Worth Fighting For

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In many ways, Gina Prince-Bythewood’s The Woman King is a fairly standard action blockbuster epic.

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It has a young hero who learns about a unique heritage. There are (wonderfully staged) battles. Characters include brave underdogs overcoming.

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It has revenge and empowerment. There is spectacle, melodrama, and romance. If you are looking for Hollywood, this gives you Hollywood.

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FIGHTING FOR DAHOMEY

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Its leader Oba Ade (Jimmy Odukoya), hungry for more enslaved people to enrich his kingdom, has started encroaching on Dahomey.

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MORE WAKANDA THAN WAKANDA

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Black Panther was careful to include a token good white person—a CIA agent played by the earnestly pure-hearted Martin Freeman. It also took pains to reject revolutionary violence.

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The Woman King Insists a Different World Is Worth Fighting For

In many ways, Gina Prince-Bythewood’s The Woman King is a fairly standard action blockbuster epic.

It has a young hero who learns about a unique heritage. There are (wonderfully staged) battles. Characters include brave underdogs overcoming.

It has revenge and empowerment. There is spectacle, melodrama, and romance. If you are looking for Hollywood, this gives you Hollywood.

FIGHTING FOR DAHOMEY

As the film opens, Dahomey is at a crisis point. A neighboring empire obtained horses and guns from European traders

Its leader Oba Ade (Jimmy Odukoya), hungry for more enslaved people to enrich his kingdom, has started encroaching on Dahomey.

MORE WAKANDA THAN WAKANDA

The success of Black Panther—a film celebrating an African nation with an elite female fighting force—probably paved the way for The Woman King.

Black Panther was careful to include a token good white person—a CIA agent played by the earnestly pure-hearted Martin Freeman. It also took pains to reject revolutionary violence.

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