THE WOMAN KING - Official Trailer (HD)
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- Bow down to the most exceptional female warrior to ever live. Viola Davis is #TheWomanKing. Watch her rise exclusively in movie theaters September 16.
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The Woman King is the remarkable story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s with skills and a fierceness unlike anything the world has ever seen. Inspired by true events, The Woman King follows the emotionally epic journey of General Nanisca (Oscar®-winner Viola Davis) as she trains the next generation of recruits and readies them for battle against an enemy determined to destroy their way of life. Some things are worth fighting for…
Directed by: Gina Prince-Bythewood
Story by: Maria Bello
Screenplay by: Dana Stevens and Gina Prince-Bythewood
Produced by:
Cathy Schulman
Viola Davis
Julius Tennon
Maria Bello
Executive Producer: Peter McAleese
Cast:
Viola Davis
Thuso Mbedu
Lashana Lynch
Sheila Atim
Hero Fiennes Tiffin
and John Boyega
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I urge everyone to read up on the Kingdom of Dahomey before celebrating this film. Prepare to discover the shocking reality of slavery and how it was not singlehandedly operated by European nations. The complicity of this crime runs deep and well beyond skin colour. Don’t let the media and Hollywood sanitize history.
They can celebrate the film with the knowledge of the Kingdom.
The film is not out yet.
People are assuming they are going to white-wash the characters when we don’t know that.
@@missmissy6739 you don't get to have a racial monopoly of history just because it doesn't fit your narrative or agenda. @Jason Ambrus is free to give his take if he wants to. Slave trade prior to the Trans Atlantic trade route was massive way before the European took part in it. The Europeans only refined the method of trade. Slavery was a worldwide phenomenon. And if you should know, Eastern Europeans were attacked and enslaved by the Persians and Ottomans much longer than the white man to Africans.
@@missmissy6739 very true ! those dusty broke don't get it!
What is even the the point of this comment. America is the the champion of Capitalism, a monetary system wreaking havoc across the world...are other states participating in it (mostly coz they don't have a choice btw!) Yes! Does that take away from who in fact is the face and most devout supporter of this ideology? Me thinks not. The European nations that bled Africa of its people purely because of skin color are the owners of that ugly history and forever will be...they deserve credit for how their evil affected others too in fact...in my books anyway. However continue with your lowkey pro-slavery, "everyone was doing it so it's okay" BS stance or whatever🚮
@@missmissy6739 - I agree. However. There is only one race, the human race. Another irony is, a lot of other Black/Brown people are still brainwashed/controlled by colonialism. Africa is also/still getting r@ped of natural resources. So-called christianity/religion and the purposely failed educational systems, including in so-called America, are still/also the problems.
Thank you everyone in the comment section for bringing attention to the real history the movie is based on. I never would've known had I not checked the comments.
Pity they don't do the same when it comes to ancient Greece and Rome.
@@Niani23455 Ancient Greece is fair, but so much media portrays the Romans as villainous there's not really much point to bringing it up. We know. I mean, they did kind of kill the Messiah figure in the most popular religion in the world and are mostly portrayed negatively in said religion. It's not universal, but Rome's negative qualities are fairly well-known I think.
@@Niani23455lol like hell they don't, they hate us, especially Rome because of Hadrian
@@nemebro6501 meh, i blame the jews, not the romans
agreed
I absolutely loved the part where she was jumping into combat, that she went so high that she managed to put a foot print on the surface of the moon and then said, "One small step for woman, one giant leap for womankind." So stunning and brave. I had both tears and gas.
When compared to Historical Accuracy where the group was willing participants and enablers of the trade itself. Not till later did it stop and purely from a business sense which it wasn't making them as much money as another option could sell. Historical Accuracy though, gotta love it!
*I love how the plot forgets the historical fact that the Europeans bought all black slaves from black slave traders.*
Mankind ~ human beings considered collectively; the human race.
@@johnslugger Sdfu
@@JudeGliz Yes the truth hurts. Did you know the ONLY place in the world you can still buy a slave in a slave auction is in East Africa? 25,000,000 slaves work their TODAY owned by their black masters. Also don't forget it was White Republicans that freed the slaves in the USA while the Confederate Army where ALL Democrats!
When she shouted to her warriors: "They can take our lives but cannot take our slaves" - that was sooo inspiring and brave!
Did she really say that? I am not watching the trailer. Only here for the comments.
she declared war on own neighbors and sold other African tribes to Europeans by the hundreds of thousands (probably a minimum of 1 million based on primary sources from the Europeanslave traders).
this movie is bogus to pump your low esteem about your people. this movie is true as Ning turtle.
@@Ok-yr1fm You can tell why the rat party is supportive of this movie. They are trying to keep the African race enslaved.
@@customersupport8839 That kind of disturbed me to...
🥲
The French attacked them because they were invading villages to capture the villagers and sell them as slaves, this is after the British blockaded them to stop them from exporting slaves in 1851. Dahomey not only got rich mainly from selling slaves, but they also performed tons of human sacrifices, but it was a one sided defeat, something like only 16 french died to the 1000-2000 Dahomey slave trades in the first war.
Yes, they were just poor, mass murdering slave traders trying to defend their way of life.
Wakanda forever.
I'm fairly certain this movie is about them fighting another African tribe, lol. The war with the French didn't occur til 1890.
As a Nigerian, I say thank you to the French! Screw slavers!
And to think the much venerated Viola Davis took part in this horse shit movie. Prominence doesn't equate to honesty.
@@spades9681 There sure are a lot of white guys in that African tribe! (Although I agree that the battle with the French wasn't until 1890.)
When she shouted to her warriors: "This is sponsored by NordVPN" - that was sooo inspiring and brave!
XD
Raid Shadow Legends..🤣🤣
It seems like the slave business wasn’t that profitable.
WOW! 86K likes to 705K dislikes!
87K Likes to 710K dislikes now 10.5.2024
part 2 will be like The Queen Man
The Man Queen.
Be coo
They are casting Ezra Miller or Caitlyn Jenner for the role.
You mean : Drag-Queen Man
Lmfao 🤣
_"We are the blade of freedom"_
But not freedom for the slaves they kept in bondage and/or used as literal human sacrifices lol
@Jay Kemme Freeing them was a whole different issue than having them. But nobody forced us to-unlike Dahomey. We also literally fought ourselves to stop it-unlike Dahomey
@Jay Kemme nah nobody out here cooking and eating black ppl in America, that's an exclusively African practice.
@Jay Kemme Except Amurrica freed them while slavery still exists in Africa
I guess you guys don't like Ancient Greek or Roman tales on the silver screen either...with all the history of human sacrifice and enslavement...
@@mstevenchapman Gladitator.
So, yes. We've been there
Never let Hollywood teach you about your history
You're right
exactly
Never let comment sections do it either
True but it’s always good to see black killing the oppressors 😂😂😂especially the European ones
Woman King: Slave business forever!!!
I loved the scene when she said, "Who burnt the collard greens." Inspiring!
Haha 😂😂😂 you're wrong for that one!
It was white ppl that forced collard greens on my people.
My favourite part was when the Woman King revealed to the Man Queen that she was the Black Panther. I was so shocked and moved.
I think your comment is the funniest..I actually chuckled..
Thank you for that..
I like you.😊😅
@@abomejohn I'm glad I could provide you with that moment! Thanks for taking the time to share some kind words. I like you too 😊
I hear Sony is working on a new film centered on a German death camp operator bravely defending his way of life against the invading American, British and Russian armies.
"Keep the Furnace Fires Burning."
Don't give em ideas, they crazy enough as it is.
Or one where the confederacy were the real abolitionists
I'd see that movie so long as by the end he realized how disillusioned he was in defending that way of life.
This had be weezing xD
This is just begging for a Tony Hinchcliffe zinger.
I see a lot of people defending this saying "who cares if the Dahomeys enslaved people, they did other things too. People don't feel offended when it's not a movie about Romans that doesnt shows slavery or crucification"
Dude, this entire war was about slavery. Because the Dahomeys entire culture existed based on slavery, because their entire existence was about raiding other African cities and enslaving people. This is why the French decided to step in and fight a war to put an end to their empire in the first place. And a large portion of the French forces were also Africans who were tired of Dahomey's shit. (like the Senegalese Tirailleurs. They should had just made a movie about them, and it would be a cool movie about black soldiers putting the final nail in the coffin of the last great enslaver empire in the world. THEY are the ones that deserves a movie about them, not their enslavers)
By the time this war takes place (1892), slavery already had been banned in the entire western world.(Brazil was the last country to abolish slavery, in 1888).
If you still don't understand how bad the concept of this movie is, then try to imagine a World War Two movie where the Germans are invaded by the French, who have concentration camps to exterminate Germans in Paris, and then say it's "based on a powerful true story". This is what this movie looks like. It's disgusting. Every single person involved with the production of this movie should feel ashamed.
Spoilers: It's going to be difficulty for the her to become a "woman king" because when the city was captured, the coward king tried to set the whole city on fire and then ran away. Let's say there was not much more of a kingdom to govern after the war.
There is not cities in Sub-Sahara Afr8ca, unlike in the North Africa, Arabia, Persia, Europe, India, Central, East and Southeast Asia. Only hut villages and King houses called palace(NOT look like European)
African history has been one long rewrite to make a certain demographic feel like persecuted saints for a very long time.
@@CatAtomic99Sub-Sahara Africa historical movie prop and real village cannot even comparable and equal to Thailand historical movie King Naresuan, it about Thai War with Myanmar in medieval ages, The Myammar and Thai old city are more advanced not advance like in Europe, Middle-east and India. No Sub-Sahara Africa chiefdom and kingdom have tradition architecture palace like "GRAND PALACE BANGKOK", and Royal Palace Mandalay , complete with moat, Fort, guard tower, city wall/old city wall and palace wall, all East Asian and Southeast Asian included Russian palace complex similar, wall with many build inside like a mini city, China are the largest like "Forbidden city", Japanese, Korea, Vietnam(Hue Imperial city), Ryukyu Okinawa "Shuri castle. Cambodia Royal Palace Phnom Penh, Indonesia "Keraton Jogja palace complex, Malaysia Balai Besar Alor Setar palace complex, Laos Luang Prabang palace, the royal Court and throne hall are more beautiful decorated with highly precise art and accessories, the statue, wood and stone craving, metalwork and sewer system, no sub-Saharan African have. Zulu, Dahomey, Ashanti, Massai, Eswathi, Igbo, Yoruba, Dinka, Buganda palaces are not advance or comparable to China forbidden city, or even more simpler "Istana Besar Pagaruyung palace in Sumatra".no city no university, school, writing script(NOT SYMBOL like nsibidi)
What an ESSAY You wrote dame... Buahahahahaaaa!!!! 😂😂Dude get a life!!
You just hate my people because we are beautiful than yours and your ugly but can't stand when something great has and is bee done for Afrika and it's image!!
Their entire existence was not due to slavery... They grew in power because of slavery. And it was SLAVE TRADE, slavery was everywhere!!! But only in few places was it transcontinental, hence the addition of TRADE!
Just like every other trade, there were middlemen, bursts and boom cycles, demand and supply curves. This was second nature back then.
You cannot use today's societal edicts of the present to judge the norms of the past. On the side note, no African philosophy brought about the freeing of the slaves, no African country fought to end slavery. "All men are born free" is really a Western construct tbh. Even today, the West African does all he can to control the lives of others around him. Liberty and Freedom seem like foreign concepts. I would know - I live in West Africa
I loved the part where the Woman King said " If he's dead, he's dead " so inspiring
a proof that Ivan Drago was originally black 😂
So brave and stunning, I had to check my privilege.
Riiiight
What?
'Had to check my privilege'
@@jacksonturner7838 They said "So brave and stunning, I had to check my privilege".
I love the scene where she sold her people for european guns, so stunning and brave.
🤣🤣🤣
Sarcasm
It was actually a really great movie! Top grossing movie this weekend! 🎉❤️
@@luvyah2419 it’s the only movie this weekend. Lol😂
The fact that they were slave traders and had gained most of their riches from the trade was literally a part of the plot. At one point, the King talks about the fact that his uncle had sold his own mother. Next time, maybe watch the film first, lol.
Based on powerful true events...
Which we totally mostly just ignored and made up our own story instead.
These Dahomey Amazons warriors did beat the French army so...
So..... like any movie based on true events, where they weren't there but need to add drama? Oh ok....
@@BearManley Exactly, and where the 'needed drama' completely replaced the truthfullness of the events, leading to a situation where the 'based on truth' amounts to "some people in history also had these character's names."
To an absurd degree here. As historians have pointed out, this in on par with making a movie about pre-WWII Imperial Japan bringing "freedom" to Manchuria.
The true events involved the kingdom of Dahomey capturing other african men, women & children to sell them in the Atlantic slave trade. That is going to be difficult to glorify
It's so inspiring to see so many sentences starting with "I love the part where..." So loving
I love the part where you stole my comment.
@TheTallMan35 That's even more inspiring hahaha
you know it s algorythm + some bots trying to boost the selling of the movie right ?
@@misterche18 Well it certainly worked.
*I love how the plot forgets the historical point that the Europeans bought all black slaves from black slave traders.*
Forget i think that it isn't the right word,in this world we think that the history are the films of Hollywood...
Yeah. Greed is worse for a black person than a white person, right?
Black isn’t a ethnicity. You’re speaking as if it was black stealing other blacks when black people are not the same just bc they share the same skin color. they have different languages, cultures,religions. you don’t identify with someone who have a very distinct culture and language from you. you identify with someone who speaks the same language, have the same culture as you. therefore the concept of race was invented by white, which means that it was never blacks stealing blacks. the cultural, religions, language were too big to be ignored. Nice try + I don’t justify the slave trade knowing that Europeans payed them
"How accurate is The Woman King?" we learned that in real life, the Dahomey are much more the villains than the heroes. The Kingdom of Dahomey was a bloodthirsty society bent on conquest. It was customary for the Dahomey to return home with the rotting heads and genitals of those they killed in battle. They conquered neighboring African states and took their citizens as slaves, selling many in the Atlantic slave trade in exchange for items like rifles, tobacco, and alcohol. Many of the slaves they sold ended up in America. They also kept some slaves for themselves to work on royal plantations. The business of slavery is what brought Dahomey most of its wealth. For them, it very much came down to either enslave others or become enslaved yourself.
The Agojie (women warriors) fought in slave raids along with the male fighters. There are accounts of Dahomey warriors conducting slave raids on villages where they cut the heads off of the elderly and rip the bottom jaw bones off others. During the raids, they'd burn the villages to the ground. Those who they let live, including the children, were taken captive and sold as slaves. The movie strategically downplays this part of Dahomey's history, so as to not complicate the story with the truth.
Each year in Dahomey, roughly 500 slaves and criminals were mass executed in large-scale human sacrifices during the religious ceremonies of a festival known as the Annual Customs of Dahomey. Most were sacrificed by way of decapitation, a method of killing widely used by the Dahomean kings. The 1727 Annual Customs of the Dahomey ceremony reportedly saw as many as 4,000 people sacrificed.
"As to not complicated this story with the truth" 🤣 yeah, there's a lot of that when it comes to narratives with black people, ESPECIALLY if there's a white person involved.
Those customs are still "alive and well" throughout Africa. And obviously if you don't believe or others, there's plenty of proof on Kaotic and sites alike.
“Exchanging slaves for rifles tobacco and alcohol….”
Holywood romanticization of history happens all the time. 300 ignored that Spartan warrior culture only existed to keep the slave cast (Helots) down. And I didn't see Braveheart but I doubt it mentions William Wallace was executed for massacring civilians. During another time and political climate, this movie might have worked, but the fact is the people getting googly eyed over this movie are the same ones pulling down Confederate statues.
you are correct Mr H.
''The woman King'' that just sounds like a queen with extra steps.
😂😂😂 You’re not wrong!
🤔Kind of like Lord of War
Something seems a bit off but idk...it's so much like the Black Panther... She's a good actress but this is ugh idk? 😐
This makes black women even worst people already think we're too manly 😂😂 we are really going to the wrong direction why can we do something soft and delicate always try to be tough and when a lot of Man not attracted to us we complain like we are not treating fair this is why
I’m gonna be honest I think it’s gonna be a good movie. I just hope Hollywood doesn’t ruin it by trying to make it seem like These African people had the moral highground. Literally the kingdom depicted in the movie was built on slavery and human sacrifice. I’m not saying the colonizers were any better. I’m just saying every race on this planet has a history we would all like to ignore.😥 But we can’t. We can just learn from it tho.
That One Scene When The Character Said "Suffer With Me" After Sacrificing A Captured Slave is So Heartwrenching, Tear-Jerking Moment in cinema History in atleast 5 decades.. I Mean The Modern Movie That Surpass "Citizen Kane"
As a Scot raised in Bannockburn who sat through Braveheart one time, Africa, I feel your pain
The last king of Scotland was actually a black man...
@@thefriendlyapostate8290
The first Pokemon was a black guy too
@@thefriendlyapostate8290 Wrong, King Charles is currently the king of Scotland
@@thefriendlyapostate8290Big Charlie disagrees.
@@nightowl7261
Remember Goku Black ?
"How much historical revisionism do you want?"
YES.
And yet you still enjoyed watching"Vikings"
Indeed, antiwhiteism at it's finest.
We will be telling our stories from now on we learnt that embellishments from you!
Yet you are okay with that revisionism in Frank Miller's 300 and 300: Rise Of An Empire, Gladiator, Ben-Hur, Vikings, The Green Knight, Django Unchained, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, Inglorious Basterds, etc.?
@@theprimitivista based on?
>Vegan
oh so that's why you make implications and use ad-hom, you're just that insufferable.
Fun fact: this movie has the historical accuracy of Star Wars
exactly! like people need to educate themselves
Hey, Star Wars is closer to actual history than this trash
It’s not historically accurate unless they all lose in the end with pretty low difficulty. Seems like a lot of build up just to get defeated so fast
You're saying darth vader isn't real?
Geez, you could at least have put a "SPOILER" tag.
Now what am I gonna do with all this merchandise that clutters my house?
Hollywood: *Historical inaccurate supremacy*
This comes up when you search "we wuz kangz".
Rotten tomatoes: This movie is 100% n sheeeeeit.
The part where she says “His name is Robert Paulson…” sent shivers down my spine.
Rob Paulson lol
The one good thing this movie already did is making me aware that a big kingdom solely based on slave trade existed in Africa, and that some black Africans actually tried to keep up slavery when the western world and all it's white inhabitants had already put an end to slavery. Thanks for that.
This is true. There was no Black consciousness just like there is still no white consciousness with Russians killing Ukrainians at present day. There was also no understanding of European slavery which was far more unique than any other part of the world where you could work your way up and out of bondage. While they did sell their enemies so did most people across the globe. Those Africans worked their way up in other parts becoming people like the great writer Alexandre Pushkin, Alexandre Dumas, Sultans in India, Leaders in Iraq, etc. We can not hold them accountable for our current understanding of things though they are responsible for cruelty in their time period.
They were not the only African kingdom to profit greatly from this trade. Slave trade continues in Africa (as well as middle eastern and asian countries) even while you read this.
@@3Cheese42 indeed and even in the west mainly as sex traffic. Humans have a long way to go. Hopefully we will get there and not base our economies on the suffering of others.
@@3Cheese42 mention all the countries where slave trade continues. As a Ghanaian, are you saying that slavery is part of our economy? Stop grouping we Africans as if we are brothers. All the African countries that I'm aware of have long banned slavery.
@@Niani23455 Well Libya has widespread slavery and Chad/The Congo both routinely enslave children to use as child soldiers. So slavery is most certainly still a thing in Africa today. That said most of the worlds modern slaves live in Asia
"The Woman King follows the emotionally epic journey of General Nanisca as she trains the next generation of recruits and readies them for battle against an enemy determined to destroy their way of life. Some things are worth fighting for…"
Their way of life being enslaving others and partaking in mass human sacrifice.
The filmmakers either don't know that like we do, or hope they can wallpaper over it with wokeness
Fun fact, there are more slaves in Africa today than ever in America
@@dmurray2978 hahaha really?
@@jamesnesran2348 is it really unbelievable? Large swathes of Africa are ruled by vicious warlords, in Guinea-Bissau alone a succession of coups by military generals who are also the local drug lords has been part and parcel of daily life for more than 15 years now. Civil Wars in Congo, Nigeria, Liberia and South Africa (not the country but the general states in the region) have been a constant since the 60s. The more europeans are pushed out, the more Africa regresses to petty infighting and brutal fragmentation. Not our problem though, they are independent now, big boys can take care of their own problems.
@@jamesnesran2348 Africa and its population is huge.
This comment section is a good example of group behaviour. Someone came up with a joke and everyone follows along with their version of the same joke. I scrolled down a while and still havent seen an actual comment about the movie
Could you read mine?
Exactly unbelievably shameful. Everyone is sheep.
The secret ending was pretty powerful.
Viola Davis stars in "How to get away with slavery"
You my friend just made my whole day glorious 😂😂😂😂😂😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Wannabe African stars you mean...so sick and tired of "African Americans" trying to be one of us. Well then they should come and live in Africa and stop pretending to be enslaved in their cushy country! :D
ok
lol
Fun fact: This has the same level of historical accuracy as Bohemian Rhapsody
Not a single intelligent person can defend these people. They are truly inferior.
And braveheart
And inglorious basterds… wait at least they didn’t make the nazi’s to be heroes, so that has MORE accuracy than this…
@@wrestlinganime4life288 if in that movie William Wallace survived and defeated the English then yeah you'd be right
I can't wait to figure out how they're going to make a anti imperialism action movie out of a bunch of slave Traders getting butchered by the French while only managed to kill six of them
@@wrestlinganime4life288 Braveheart is more accurate than this shit
Just keep hitting those home runs, sony!
I did not expected to see 'daughter' scene, that was soo unexpected! But I was thrilled with this movie, good way to spend 2 hours
this is certainly a certified sony moment
@Black Lesbian Poet lad the movie is based on a historical event and yet its thrown WAY out of what truly happened when the french came in to colonize the french only lost 6 men and the tribe lost over 400 warriors
@Black Lesbian Poet the reality is too powerful to you
@@insertnamehere7741 And all those 400 "freedom fighters" were slavers themselves.
A certified modern progressive entertainment moment.
@Black Lesbian Poet ur dp clearly says a lot about you
The part where the woman king said, "I wouldn't say freed, more like, under new management." sent chills down my spine.
Dahomey soon became a key player in the trafficking of Africans, which proved to be one of the most profitable exports at the time
Yeah, they were massive slave traders, kind of put the confederacy to shame.
Love the reference
lol
*Megamind reference*
Izogie was my favorite, fierce, beautiful and funny!!! Many parts in this movie and story made me cry. All these beautiful women and men in one movie. WOW!!
Yeah it’s funny when she sold all her neighbours to Europeans since she was a slave trader. Very fierce when in a battle 2000 Dahomey warriors died for 16 French (both sides had guns and it was a mele battle) truly inspiring how much the moviemakers messed up
@@memrman8331this film isn't about the Franco Dahomey wars.
@@admirekashiri9879 trash movie anyway shouldve shown some real combat instead of fake glamorization of what would've been the silly little tribe getting blown to bits by the French
At least 300 didn’t change the ending to support a narrative
300 is based on a comic book, not real history
@@ottovonbismarck1632 the comic was based on historical events
Love the part where the woman king said "Look at me. I'm the slave captain now." So stunning and brave.
Perfection!!
Where have I heard that line before? Another movie involving Africa. They just added the word slave.
@@MissAngela007 the movie Captain Phillips
FRENCH COLONIAL CONQUEST OF DAHOMEY IN 1892
When the French went to war with West Africa's Dahomey in 1892, they plunged into a nightmarish rain forest to battle a kingdom notorious for its ritual cannibalism and Amazon warriors.
By Geoffrey Skelton
Viola Davis should stick with the Suicide Squad. This movie will not look good on her resume in the years to come
In the book called "Barracoon", the interview of Cudjo, the last victim of the atlantic trade, Zora Neile Hurston explains in details how those stunning and brave women went to his village in a slave raid by night, beheaded the elders, removed the jaws of the others alive, and took the kids like him with them, alongside the heads and genitals of their family members that they made them carry on the way back.
One third of the people sent to the US were enslaved by those beasts. So by now nearly all african-americans can track back their story to some small village, like Cudjo's, "visited" in a fateful night by the Dahomey.
I cannot believe this movie is not destroyed by the critics and general population. What next? a story about concentration camps where the good guys are the nazis?
Better delete this comment since the truth doesn't go well with these new social warriors and doesn't fit their agenda.
Well...... depends on how you look at Jews! Right!? 🤣🤣😂😂
Anyone who studied history this movie is very insulting and very hurtful
Da homies have always been their own worst enemy.
Yeah because that 1/3 mixed themselves with the black native tribes like the now Asian and white Seminoles, of whom my family is part of. Many tribes are mixed now because we're had to fight together or were enslaved together. Most natives didn't become slaves because they would rather die than surrender to monsters. Many of whom were black.
When the Woman King said “I’m gonna make him an offer he cannot refuse”,thus making a JoJo reference,I shed a tear.
Has almost 10x more dislikes then likes, it says it all
Must be really bad movie
When the woman king shouted "blood for the Blood God" and executed thousands of slaves, everyone cheered and clapped their hands. Truly a movie of all time.
Skulls for the skull throne, blood for the Khorne flakes
Sounds just like me.
Fr Fr.
Based
Okay if that's the standard you want to take... How'd you like "300" by the way? This is Sparta? Oh damn, did they leave out the Spartan slaves in that one? How bout "The Patriot" What? They forgot to mention the slaves there too? But, this movie glorifying the Dahomey tribe of West Africa during the 19th century is just terrible right? Is it the black ladies? I bet it's the black ladies.
@@bisurker Get your facts straight.
The movie 300 was based on the graphic novel going by the same name, which was just an epic and exaggerated retelling of the battle of Thermopylae.
Do you seriously think they were going for historical accuracy when they put demonic soldiers and 10 foot tall half-naked demigods in their movie?
That's like comparing the movie "Clash of the Titans" to real life Greece.
Once again, get your facts straight before simping for your daily dose of diversity.
During a battle with French soldiers at Adegon on 6 October during the second war, the bulk of the Amazon corps were wiped out in a matter of hours in hand-to-hand combat after the French engaged them with a bayonet charge.
The Dahomey lost 86 regulars and 417 Dahomey Amazons, with nearly all of those deaths being inflicted by bayonets; the French lost 6 dead.
So in other words you are upset that the trailer of the movie looks good and you want to put those uppity women in their place and you method to do that is to tell us they lost in hand to hand combat against a bunch of men armed with guns?
And what proof is there that most these deaths were inflicted by bayonets? If I was in the French army and I was going up against a bunch of women I would probably also lie and not admit that we shot them like cowards
French are really good soldier that's impressive
Why is this information relevant? Also, source?
@@danielisflying Because the movie is actualy about it when in fact they got defeated on a ratio of 500 > 6 also funny thing but the Dahomeys were enslavers but it seems that part got changed here too. How practical.
@@mauryalexandre1834 Misinformation. The bulk of the French force were Senegalese and Gabones soldiers. The Dahomey suffered a humiliating defeat obviously.
I'm just glad a Nigerian tribe is getting a movie. We know the real story, everyone in Africa knows Africans sold slaves it's not rocket science.
Yes, this is historically accurate, my great grandfather was there and witnessed this 😂
This is probably my second life after watching woman king❤
The part where the Woman King yells "All Africans are equal, but some are more equal than others" made me cry into my popcorn.
It was said in Animal farm.
that is because you're a pzzy. I bet you're a liberal as well.
You have to throw away that popcorn now.......
Animal farm quote
I made video with best fight scenes from this movie.
I loved the part where Galadriel riding She-Hulk surprised the French and yelled "release the Kraken".
LMAOOOOO
She hulk cameo?
Best scene of this movies.
So many universes and movies in one sentence hahahaha 😂
I was just watching the kraken in PoTC lol
i lol'd
The comment section about this movie is the most entertaining part of the entire movie.🤣
Lots of juvenile comments here mixing up movie quotes and saying this or that gave them chills. PLEASE STOP!! This movie is a serious piece of cinema with great performances and powerfully written scenes - like when Viola Davis's character held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water and cried "Ow my balls!"
Imagine if you were a descendant of the African people that were enslaved and sold into the slave trade by the Dahomey tribe and you see this Hollywood movie glorifying them as brave proud warriors.
I am..as are most Black Caribbean people. This movie is kaka. FUQ those beaches.
In all likelihood, they would be completely propagandized at this point and believe everything that Hollywood tells them. They would happily pay the money to see the kill whitey movie in the theatres.
This is the comment that should be pinned! Don’t get me wrong. I want their story to be told, because it deserves it, but their choice to trade and the effects it had. Should definitely be highlighted as well, and not glorified.
But they were brave proud warriors! And if you are a descendant of the enslaved and sold blacks perpetrated by most African kingdoms at the time, you have every right to whatever feeling you feel, but you also have an obligation to understand this has been an inherent way of the world since time immemorial
Implementing modern standards to ancient history is not doing any justice. An injustice would be upholding ancient standards in modern times.
When the woman king said “I’ll have them voting democrat for 200 years…” goosebumps and chills.
When Imanuel Celler - a Jewish politician pushed the 1965 Hart Celler Act with the Woman King - that really changed the script.
@@mrleon4922 EXACTLY! It sounds so silly to me.
First one that got the audible giggle.
Actually blacks voted Republican all the way up until the 20's or 30's. But the Dems started promising shit that they couldn't refuse. And that's when you start seeing the downfall of black Americans. Fatherless house skyrocketed when they started voting dem.
Congratulations! Your application for the Ku Klux Klan has been accepted.
This is the only movie so far in the history of all films to have the line:
WE WUZ KANGZ N SHIEET!!
When she said that line, the whole theater that I was in, cheered, clapped, and was so excited. Best film of the century!!!!!! 10/10
This movie is so brave in telling the story of the real heros who maintained the slave trade in Africa. The lead actress is so brave. The director and producers were so brave in their bravery for this groundbreaking script on slavetrader bravery . The caterers bravely catered everyday to the brave extras who bravely got paid to portray history that didnt exist . Cudos.
This movie is historically wrong there was never any wars recorded where Africans are fighting white Europeans matter fact this very tribe described in this movie was the top slave selling tribe in Africa. Talk about getting your facts wrong. Did none of these producers not fact check this before spending money? By the way I am a black history teacher. READ YOUR BOOKS people learn history stop making it up to suit your narrative.
I hope hollywood bravely creates a brave film about the brave freed black man anthony johnson who bravely survived his indentured servitude only to bravely purchase his own brave slaves, then bravely sue the state to ensure they would bravely remain brave slaves for life. thus a freed black man bravely became the entire brave reason chattel slavery existed in america and no other brave black man could become free, like he bravely was.
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Jajajaja they maintained it lol heroes lol
Lmfao I see what you did there lol very funny
It will be interesting to see how they address the Dahomey involvement in the trans-atlantic slave trade and that they had their own plantations.
Where’s the white and Asian African warriors? Hollywood rewrites European history like with Queen of Scots, Troy, Robin Hood, Atonement, and so on. Where’s the “pursuit for equality” here?
Also Hollywood hates confederates, even though majority didn’t have slaves and many spoke out against it, but they’ll honor the people that made a fortune from it. Politics
They won’t
you sound bitter lol
@@sssp7801
No but it's true.
Because the movie is based on a true story it would be nicee to adress that.
Even if the focus isn't about their own involvement in slavery it would be worth mentioning.
How Viola kept switching from West african accent to Jamaican rasta without knowing 😂Love the movie From KENYA!!!
I loved the part where Batman said "Men are brave" and made superman bleed. Truly the movie of all time
"Its story follows Nanisca (Viola Davis), General of the all-female military unit, and Nawi (Thuso Mbedu), an ambitious recruit, who together fought enemies who violated their honor, enslaved their people, and threatened to destroy everything they’ve lived for."
Lol. Out of all the people in Africa, all the regiments, all the wars, they chose the one with the worst slavers in West Africa, portraying a regiment that was used almost exclusively to kidnap people into slavery. The British had to pay the Dahomey massive sums to stop enslaving people. When the British look good in comparison, you know you're dealing with some real shitheads.
That’s what I was thinking. The rich history of Africa and they chose this story to tell. It must be some type of propaganda
White people are always trolling black people. We don't even see it 90 percent of the time. lol oh well.
Dahomey was in West Africa not East.
@@admirekashiri6651 ups, typo, sorry. Same point still
Who initiated & perpetuated the trans Atlantic slave trade for hundreds of years before "seeing the light" & deciding they were wrong after reaping the exponential benefits?....The Brits of course. You might tell yourself "they look good in comparison" to make yourself feel better
For those crying that they were slaughtered by the French: it wasn’t because they didn’t have guns. They absolutely had guns. Only they insisted on firing them from the hip instead of actually aiming. Shocker
Some things never change!
You can't play it clean with these people. A "Gun" in itself is the ultimate advantage. That is why the gun is called "The great equalizer" Even if you are physically inferior it makes you win over your opponent by not actually having to do anything but aim and shoot.
False because the agodjie warriors in one battle near the river take down the boats with their guns.
@@yvngg4324yeah and they shot fire from their hands and could levitate as well
They were women they were never going to win against men ffs haha
Why do i see so much of these comments, are these people bots? :
When she shouted to her warriors: "They can take our lives but cannot take our slaves" - that was sooo inspiring and brave!
It was so inspiring to see her get bitten by a radioactive spider and defeat Miguel O’Hara and The Spot without breaking the canon
“I would rather fight for over 100 years than give up my slaves”~ The Dahomey king
“Based on a true story” means “leaving out the parts where the Dahomey were not the ‘yaaaas queen’ hero’s they will inevitably be portrayed and inarguably defeated by the french”
I hope this movie depicts the part in their history where the Amazon’s were forced to shut down their OWN slave trade by the Royal Navy, but I get the funny feeling that part will be purposely omitted for not very surprising reasons
They say " Woman King " ( A queen, then ), but she's actually a military officer. The actual " King " here is....a man. Which is what a King truly is
They were also massive ruthless slave traders and ritual cannibals/human sacrifice practicers
It is true, to be honest that along with Africa’s natural resources, slavery was also a major source of wealth. But you could say it was always a normal thing of the past, especially for the Middle East and Europe
Cannibals , murderers , slave traders , that's OK because they fought the white man so they must be good
@@tiredoftheworld4834 Or the Americas or Asia f.ex. Aztec or Chinese empires. Slave trade or raids to enslave enemy peoples are a common denominator through history.
The best part was when they busted out a rendition of "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun."
Thank you comment section, for making my day. You had me in tears!
The Kingdom of Dahomey were pretty evil by all accounts. They engaged in constant attacks on other tribes to capture men, women and children for the slave trade and engaged in large-scale human sacrifice. The reason women made up 25% of their army was because they were constantly at war and were running out of men. They actually fought against the western powers in order to keep the slave trade going, and they lost comprehensively every time they did. I'm sure there are some fantastic African heroes and heroines to make dozens of movies about but this seems entirely fictional and does a disservice to the thousands this Kingdom sold into slavery and sacrificed.
Hope this is portrayed in the film, can't wait to see how people react to John as Ghezo
And this movie is portraying them as the protectors of African freedom lmao.
@@dankboys It would be cool as hell if the Dahomey Amazons rebel against the king due to the slave trade. I can't see that happening though. Boyega is a great actor though, he could portray a conflicted ruler.
Well the Europeans were also evil since you felt the need to point out evil for no reason. We are all evil
@@dankboys Wouldn't be surprised if it was left out though, do to how easily offended people get
If this is about the Dahomey Empire this is grossly inaccurate. The Dahomey Empire was one of the WORSE practitioners of the slave trade. Not to mention the human sacrifices. You know how during the Jim Crow Era, they used to say "you have the South and you have Mississippi, " to demonstrate how extremely racist Mississippi was even in a racist region/era? Well, you had the slave trade and then you had Dahomey. I can't believe this! Dahomey was the epitome of evil and barbarism. They were single handedly responsible for the vast majority of slaves in Brazil. This is a disgrace. It's like turning Nazi Germany into Camelot. I'm Black by the way. I just know my history. All of it. Even the inconvenient parts.
And this is how nowadays movies being made, keeps twisting the history just to tell some political corrected fairy tales.
As twisted as Aliens 👽 made pyramids or white 🤔 Jesus fables...
That’s Hollywood for you. They hate truth. Screw them and their dumbass movies
@@AkumaKumaa
How did you know the movie is twisting history? It is not out yet.
We don’t know what events will be touched on in the movie.
Making a movie with morally grey-characters is possible you know
Karma is real
When she shouted "we wuz kangz and shieet!" - it was so accurate and life changing that i stole a bike in their honor
The Woman King makes Viola Davis and a bunch of other woman badasses, keeping entertained all the way through.
I already know for a fact that it’s gonna be “strong female character” destroying the enemy single handedly instead of actually showing the real history because the history doesn’t align with “the message”
It could have been a nice movie about a black protagonist, the French general (and friendship among people since his army was made up of french foreign legionnaries, troupes de marines, colonial troops and africans allies) for the 2nd Dahomey war was a black man (Alfred-Amédée Dodds)..but nope I guess.
Let the black woman shine for once
How did your comment survive? Before I found this comment mine was immediately deleted saying the same thing. Henry Cele depicted this character perfectly in SHAKA ZULU. This is an attempt to push woke feminism in Africa and amongst the diaspora. The desperation is real. Wow!
Weird how when I go to the Braveheart trailer it's not a lot of people complaining about how it doesn't show the real history and instead shows Mel Gibson killing men with a ridiculously large sword on the front lines. I wonder why movies like that are allowed to show their main characters being badasses but here it's not allowed? Are only certain types of people allowed to unquestioningly be heroes?
@@EdgeonVideo Thing is, this not only inacurate like Braveheart (William Wallace was a certified badass and that's why he got a very gruesome death at the hands of the english but most of the movie is inacurate, like the fact that Wallace was a nobleman or that Scots weren't wearing kilts but armors like their english ennemies), here you got a bunch a slaver portrayed are freedom figthers against european invaders (despite Dahomey being the aggressor, remember France declared war to help its allies in the region because they were raided by Dahomey slavers parties) and when the so-called Amazons faced a true and proprer military force they were crushed in a single battle IN HAND-TO-HAND combat against an ennemy in great numerical inferiority (despite being armed with modern weapons by the British, they were a brutal police force that served to keep the slaves in place and not an elite troop)...If they wanted to have blacks heroes, why not a movie about Shaka Zulu or if you want to keep the Dahomey wars, the locals kings allied to France or even the colonial soldiers that fought against Dahomey?
When she turned to her troops and shouted "Buy One Get One Free slaves under 12 years old"! That really got me excited
If you wanna see something really exciting you should go check out the true story of this.
this comment made me spit a piece of apple on my screen. Do not eat and read these comments folks, you might choke.
@@susanbigknife good warning
Hey sucka ! You're late for your klan meeting
😂😂😂
Lashana Lynch ❤🥂1:27
"During a battle with French soldiers at Adegon on 6 October during the second war, the bulk of the Amazon corps were wiped out in a matter of hours in hand-to-hand combat after the French engaged them with a bayonet charge.[18] The Dahomey lost 86 regulars and 417 Dahomey Amazons, with nearly all of those deaths being inflicted by bayonets; the French lost 6 soldiers." Much powerful much strong much wow. Imagine glorifying west Africas biggest slave traders in the guise of woman power and wokism
The movie talks about slavery.
Its like Top Gun Maverick
The US military destabilized Afghanistan, Iraq, and the MENA region
However - unlike the former - the movie actually fking makes it atrocities a plot point
It has 90% ratings in rotton tomatos
Hypocritical cac
@@boo-mx1yg Top Gun does not claim to be historicaly accurate or "Based on true events", smoothbrain.
Rotton Tomatos is as rotton as your morals, and is bought and paid for by smarter shills than you that take money for their shilling.
Top gun maverick is about Afghanistan and Iraq?
Can't imagine anything more feminist than celebrating someone as strong for losing a battle with casualty rates of 1:100.
That's incredible. During hand to hand combat, the French lost 1 soldier for ever 100 lost by the Dahomey. HAND TO HAND! How can this movie even pretend these female warriors even offered a challenge? They must have been the most pathetic group of warriors to ever fight in battle. History shows what a joke they were.
The most exceptional female warrior from a society which captured and enslaved other black people. What a role model! I had tears in my eyes just from watching this trailer. That part where she kicked Sauron into the sarlacc pit, screaming "This is Tortuga!" was the greatest and the most empowering moment in the history of filmmaking!
11 out of 10 members of the Ministry of truth reccommend this movie!
The movie talks about slavery.
Its like Top Gun Maverick
The US military destabilized Afghanistan, Iraq, and the MENA region
However - unlike the former - the movie actually fking makes it atrocities a plot point
It has 90% ratings in rotton tomatos
Hypocritical cac
@@boo-mx1yg What the fu*king hell are you blabbering about?
DeStAbILiZeD a region which was already destabilized and under oppressive regime.
Besides, the country in Top Gun: Mawerick was never named (it could easily be a fictional country) in the movie and you just proved you have never seen it.
I love when 4chan kids whone about a movie where a straight white man isn't the lead
@@okk love it when the woke BLM finds out their African ancestors were involved in the slave trade LMFAO
'captured and enslaved other black people'
Just like Kamala Harris and her ancestors
Lads, don't let them tell you the side that they want you believe. They say something that they say that they're against.
I love the scene where the she-king says “I am a slave 4 U” and dances with a snake on her shoulders
"Her Reign Begins _Now_ ....don't blink because it'll be over in a few seconds."
''No... now her reign ends''
We wuzzz kingz n dhieeet mann
Fun fact: the king who is played by John Boyega preached the need of slavery to the british.
Yes because the British have historically always valued ideas from Africans and whomever else they colonized/“discovered” :/. I bet you’re picturing them with their notepads and quills taking notes about what the great African has to say, with his new idea about slavery they had never thought of before until he said something.
😂 I wouldn't say preached but he did fight them for cutting him from making some quick cash selling "humanwares" 😂😂
@@conniepamela6998 whats really sad is that people are cherry picking real history to meet their agenda. Clearly the producers and writer just took part they like about this old kingdom the 'african kingdom' 'all female warrior' parts intent to create 'real wakanda' + with strong black woman empowerment. Its gonna end up badly.
@@conniepamela6998 That is not what he means. The English had decided it was time to end slavery WORLDWIDE as they had finally concluded that it was morally wrong despite it being rather profitable for all involved in the trade. The English told king Ghezo the game was up but he was apalled and tried to convince them that slavery was the ruling principle of his people, their source of pride and glory. Slavery wasn't a new idea, it was the de facto state of the world everywhere for all of history until the English finally decided it was enough and forced the rest of the world (including the Africans) to give it up.
@@snakedogman shhhhhh~! She is allergic to facts 🙃🙃
Some things are worth fighting more. This gave me goosebumps really. MOOORE SLAVEEES!!!!
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@@jacquelinewebster9171Just read real history and you get my point.
My favorite is when the Europeans left and never ever returned
I am waiting for the sequel already 'MAN QUEEN' 👍👍
Go watch "James Charles"🤣
@@TerryThePondererLewis LMFAO you right 🤣🤣🤣🤣
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 that’s funny
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Shekelberg did a good job with this movie
Oy vey!!
Moshe wud never show da TRUE history of deez Black QWEENZ. We wuz da REAL Isrealits! 💯👏🏿
Kingdom of "Da Homie" from da prison .
I can't breathe for the cinematic masterpiece this leaves me breathless, absolutely breathtaking movie.
Slay BIPOC Xueen Yaaaaassssss!!!!!!!!
We wuz kangz
Sheiiiiiiit
Viola Davis is my favorite now!
For those who don't know This is actually a true story, it is about the Dahomey Kingdom in africa with its " Amazon warriors " an elite force of women which the duty was to protect the Kingdom by all means. They fought the french military only with their swords, the history said they were fearless and were charging french soldiers only with swords despite the fact that french soldiers had guns, they usually behead them and take the heads back to the Kingdom as a trophy.
Based on a story just as true as the 99% audience rating
Right? Amazon won't allow reviews because they know it'd get crushed.
Hey it is a story....Just an entirely different story :D if it was accurate they were the enslavers and they fought and got absolutely crushed by the French...In 2 wars to keep their slavery.
About average for a Hollywood movie, though
Even Putin didn't gave himself 99% votes in the election
The best part in the movie was when The Woman King said: It's slaving time! , then killed mecha Hitler in a fist fight. The whole theater went nuts cheering at that part.
Damn I was watching trailer waiting to see that part. Would’ve made the whole movie better
Wow. This movie couldn't be more factually inaccurate if they tried. What in the woke garbage nonsense is going on here. These were some of the worst people in history, in actual history, and I'll guarantee the actors involved have no idea that they just spun this story to make them look better. The movies not based on true events. First off that tribe of hers, was terrible in real life. They were awful people who refused to give up slavery long after the rest of the world had moved on. They were also cannibals. They would raid local villages and capture people to be slaves. There's a legitimate 1 in 5 chances that If your ancestors were from Africa, they were sold to Americans by them!!! They are responsible for more than 20% of the slaves sold. Not enough? Let's keep going. Every single tribe they conquered, had to send them 1 daughter. The prettiest ones, were used as the leader of that tribes "personal pleasure device". They were also terrible warriors. They weren't good fighters at all, like some of the worst in history. They lost nearly every battle they had ever fought that wasn't against some primitive tribe. No it wasn't because of their weapons. They had machine guns and all sorts of hand held guns, and still sucked. If we're talking TRUTH and FACTS, the French went to war with them TO STOP THEM from using slaves!! Their leader actually said "I would fight for a hundred years rather than give up my slaves"... But since they were so terrible at fighting, they lost quickly and repeatedly. They didn't train, at all, and were lead by the stupidest man and woman in the world at the time. The civilized world had to literally fight them to make them stop using slaves. It's astounding how uneducated and idiotic these people writing this were, and the people acting in it are. You can't just make up a new history because you want to or don't like the real one. They were terrible people, and terrible to their own people, and their own race, and nobody should support making them look and better than they were. The leader was literally like Hitler. It's important to know your ACTUAL history!!! Please do your homework, and not just from someone else's voice on TikTok. Look up the actual history as told by the people who lived through it and documented it well! I know everyone loves a good story, but this is not it, no matter how much they changed. The amount of people who will believe the movie events were real events, is going to be a lot of people, when in real life, they were disgusting, vile people. If you want to support black cinema, you should do it with quality films. They do exist. There are many good black lead films, but this is not it. This one is trash and only uneducated people and supremacists will love it. You have to ask yourself, when they have all the opportunity in the world to make a quality film about black people, why would they choose these awful people to change their history. Why wouldn't they just make one about people who were actually good? There's a reason, and you're not going to like it. They 100% could have chosen a good black role model from history, and made an awesome, amazing film about those warriors. Instead, they chose cannibals who sold slaves, and try to make them look better. Why?
In the thater, a man sat next to me and his white male privilege was so strong, I was paralyzed.
What a triggering problematic experience.
Also, at the end of the movie I had a heart attack - not because I am 600lb - but because of that privileged white male clapping so loud while sipping his soy latte.
Are you 12 or something?
I just watched it. Great movie ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Viola Davis Amazing performance and the whole cast. ❤️❤️❤️
The steins are at it again.
First movie theater set up in the entire country and all the controlling modern publication houses
Finally, a prequel to Black Panther.
"The Amazons participated in one major battle: Cotonou, where thousands of Dahomey (including many Amazons) charged the French lines and engaged the defenders in hand-to-hand combat. The Amazons were decisively crushed, with several hundred Dahomey troops being gunned down. Reportedly 129 Dahomey were killed in melee combat within the French lines, while 6 French died."
Certified bruh moment
I enjoyed the meme version showing this line alongside the contagious laughter
Pure vril
Well obviously they can't win against guns.
@@MrGamelover23 During a battle with French soldiers at Adegon on 6 October during the second war, the bulk of the Amazon corps were wiped out in a matter of hours in hand-to-hand combat after the French engaged them with a bayonet charge.[18] The Dahomey lost 86 regulars and 417 Dahomey Amazons, with nearly all of those deaths being inflicted by bayonets; the French lost 6 soldiers.
"The Europeans wish to conquer us"
Honey , the Kingdom of Dahomey usually had very good relations with Europe .The Kings of Dahomey and the Kings of Portugal enjoyed a personal mail correspondence and sent each other good wishes .In fact , the main reason that Britain had military engagements with Dahomey (And this is coming from someone who DESPISES the English) was because Britain had abolished slavery and sent out anti-Slaver patrols .
Also , the Kingdom of Dahomey had Human Sacrifices and an entire ritual centred around making the Slaves forget about their Family and Culture .
calm down Kyle it’s just a movie take ur frustrations about ur white history to Reddit or 4chan
@@bassssaasuuuup
Mega R3t4rd Alert
I am not White .
@@bassssaasuuuup LOL good luck typing that under every comment or you might need to add YT to that list cause clearly everyone here is so rascist (or maybe they just don't like slave traders being glorified, genuine mystery)
@@bassssaasuuuup congratulations for defending a movie that romanticizes slavers, portrays a twisted and fake version of history, and shits on the African people that suffered under the Dahomey.i guess you also wouldn't mind a movie that romanticizes and defends the Confederates and the Nazis as well, right?
@@DrCornhill I’m not chronically online loser😂 I watched the trailer and was excited to see some badass fight scenes went down to the comment section to find everyone a certified historian foaming at the mouth over a movie…writing essays about this and that. Y’all are so emotional
Picked it up the other day on a whim-read about the historical background, thoroughly enjoyed the film/thnx everybody for the film👏🎩
So someone here understands Hollywood and film making.
This is a real story in Ghana 🇬🇭. I think they should have use the name of the woman that led the war called yaa Asantewaa
I love how the actors are playing the parts of slavers, who may have actually enslaved their ancestors.
Hollywood won "Best troll award" for 2022
Oof.
@@loredelamore 'We do a bit of trolling' - Sony, probably.
Its amazing. The slave trade wouldnt have been possible at the western cap of africa without the Dahomey and other tribes that enslaved smaller weaker tribes.
Peace...They are several types of slavery....Chattel, bonded, forced labor, etc. Make no mistake about...The White Man's slavery in America and around the world was the most brutal and diabolical!!!!!! Read books like the "DELECTABLE NEGRO"...when white people used to eat their black slaves...use black baby slaves to catch alligators...hence the term "GATOR BATE"...do the knowledge!!! P.E.A.C.E.
I'm looking forward to the battle where the Amazons get crushed in short order against the French who lose 6 dudes. Or when they show how Dahomey was heavily, heavily involved in the slave trade. It's going to be so inspiring.
woman moment
dude i just cant anymore
@@VentureHolly yeah they would, in fact defeats against indigenous were so uncommon that they have more primary sources than victories. We have many more primary sources for battles like Isawanda, the defeats during both Afghan Campaigns, defeats during the mhadist war, defeats during the Boer war then we do victories. Even in the states we have huge amounts of records and accounts from defeats against indigenous forces than we do victories.
Just look at the amount of books on The Little Big Horn and compare that to the number of books devoted to The Box Waggon Battle.
The Kingdom of Dahomey is easily the most notorious African nation in the Atlantic slave trade. And this is who they chose to make a movie about...
@@joesphomalley4263 So empowering! Peak 3rd wave feminism.
WE WUZ KINGs😂😂😂
Woman king? You mean queen.
Also I hope we get to see the Annual Customs of Dahomey , seems like a happy time
Now that would be a film to match any horror and gore franchise 👍
Woman King is and should be the name because she is not royalty but rather she's the finest warrior is Dahomey's history.
@@cljader woman king = queen
@@cljader Dahomey women got slaughtered by the French
The Dahomey kingdom were the ones who brutally attacked other African tribes to enslave them and sell them to the European slave ships. Hollywood is the dumbest bunch of f*cks on the planet.
Best flick since “The Man Queen”
Rocketman
Just reading the name tells me something is wrong with it.
Freddy Mercury?
Starring Chris Tucker as Queen Ruby Rod.
@@joannewilson1021 Now that I'd watch.
Ohh god viola Davis a powerhouse to Reckon with in acting