i saw a documentary about these female warriors ages ago and hoped it would turn into a movie. i cant believe they actually made it. about freakin time!! edit: doc is called Epic Warrior Women. Episode 3. can't remember the details but remember being fascinated.
Our stories/history/experiences are bountiful & there are those who wish to keep them hidden from the World. But the buds on this rose are opening & exposing what it has inside.
The Kingdom of Dahomey was a West African kingdom located in present-day Benin from 1600-1904 and became a regional power in the 18th Century. The Dahomey Mothers, known as the Agooji, were the all-female army trained to kill while striking fear in the European colonizers. The King often picked them as teenagers for their strength and beauty. By 1800, up to 4000 women were fighting for the Kingdom. Today, they live on through dances performed in Benin today. ASE'
And they prominently sold slaves. I hope they keep that history accurate. It wasn’t just white people selling Black people into slavery. Many tribes made money off of selling humans, from Africa to the Middle East. To pretend this was just a European construct is ridiculous
Dahomey was an empire built on the backs of African slaves. The kingdom used conquest and slave labor. The Kingdom of Dahomey was a strong African military power that attacked and imperialized its African neighbors. It captured and enslaved the men, women, and children to enhance its wealth and luxuries. It brutally tortured and murdered some slaves, while others, it willingly sold to Europeans in the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Whatever slaves weren't sold or executed worked on the Dahomey Kingdom's royal plantations in Africa.
This woman has no end. Every role she step into drips in gold. My goodness, my goodness, my goodness Viola Davis just one role with you. My goodness - you make every one happy.
I want to see more movies like this that give a new look at black history and culture. Just like people have been making medieval, fantasy, and royalty movies for European history and culture there are so many stories that aren’t written and can be brought to the screen from black history and folktales in Africa to the Caribbean to South America to even South Asia. People seeing black people in a new light and honoring the past is very necessary in a industry that usually perpetuates our pain
Always wondered hotry of Jamaica w nobody had considered making a film about Nanny of the Maroons from the Cockpit country of Jamaica. She led her people in some guerrilla tactics against the British!She was real Badass!Doors need to be opened of true history
This is not a 'new' look, but rather an actual look at African history. A continent with culture, languages, religion and political organization that was destroyed by war, pillage and slavery. These are new times when there's no more hiding or denial of specific events that shaped history one way or another.
@@castlebound2010 absolute shit, dahomey tribe were the main exporters in the slave trade, the British even blokaded them so its a rewriting of history, typical Hollywood nonsense 🙄
I must say... It is incredibly rare that goosebumps and complete awe overwhelm me the instant a trailer begins. THIS changes that. Holy mother of all good things. Everything about this is epic on an astronomical level. The most subtle thing about it, is the TIMING. At a time when women are being attacked, this is total female empowerment right here. Never underestimate a unifying message!
"..... At a time when women are being attacked....." And also, a time when Black Americans are being sidelined, and are under threat of being forced back into Jim Crow.
Empowering, false. This was the B team. Africans were using shields and spears, which greatly depend upon physical strength and stamina. Any woman going up against a man is at a massive disadvantage. This is one of many reasons they were so easily beaten, in addition to the Africans being ignorant and not having any technology beyond spears and sheilds. Trans athletes dominating women's events shows what happens when women compete with men. Furthermore, beyond just physical, it seems that women are much more likely to freeze under pressure, so even mentally they are dramatically inferior when it comes to combat.
The king of Dahomey was the greatest slave merchant in all of West Africa. He was the agent/ partner of the white slave merchants. He had a well organized army that waged war, not only to expand its boundaries but also to take captives as slaves. Slaves were either sold to the Europeans in exchange for weapons or kept to work the royal plantations to feed his large army and the court. I hope this was depicted in the movie.
@@nicolasbascunan4013 you keep posting this like you think if you do it'll make it true. Maybe be less upset that they're making movies about non-white people and take a deep breath.
I THINK before y’all get all hyped up about this movie you might want to look into the Dahomey involvement with slavery. This movie takes place around the time they were beefing with Great Britain and that was happening because the British were trying to abolish slavery and human sacrifice in Africa, two things the Dahomey were pretty cool with.
They have found again a way to portray (Dark skinned) black women as masculine and not feminine, Like in black panther. As an example, Why didn’t they choose a woman like Gwendoline Christie to play wonderwoman but instead they took a former miss Israel, to portray the beautiful and strength of the Caucasian women. Viola Davis is 56 year old. That is too old, but if it was about to portray Jeanne d’arc they would chose someone equivalent to Meghan Good or Gabrielle Union! it is always the same, They are pretending to uplift black women, but behind all of this there is just wickedness, cunning… pure evil, I DO NOT THINK THAT A 15 or 17 year old black girl, would like to identify herself to someone who looks exactly the same as her grandmother. Stripper Meghan thee stallion, or would like to bleach her skin like Rihanna or Nikki Minaj, instead as taking a 56 year old as a Role model.
The people portrayed in this film that fought the Europeans were slavers themselves. They took black slaves for themselves, as well as sold slaves to others. They also conquered other peoples’ lands. I haven’t seen the film yet, but I bet those parts are left out.
Wrong. Actually, these warriors tried to protect their own slaves that they owned. The african slave trade existed long before europeans came there. When the europeans did arrive, they slaughtered these warrriors fairly easily with their advanced weapons. This is just an attempt to re-write real history.
@@77dris That why decades after the British outlawed slavery, Dahomi still flourished as the African capitol of slavery. Despite the many british attempts, they still practiced slavery for a hundred years after, just as they had captured and sold their own to slavery a hundred years before the British ever stepped foot into Africa.
Why was there Colonialism, after the transatlantic slave trade. The Romans had slaves. Yes African had slavery amongst themselves, but did they ensue mass genocide when they sold their people to Caucasians? Greed, profit, was the part of all monarchist led systems. The point is the Europeans came looking as the criminals they sent as indentured workers to Australia and the American colonies couldn't hack it. They created a monster! These women were strong despite failing in battle against the French who eventually colonized them. Africa would have been the same as China, Europe and America if their wasn't money and racial deceitful carnage, and bamboozlement and that the point!
Why was there Colonialism, after the transatlantic slave trade. The Romans had slaves. Yes African had slavery amongst themselves, but did they ensue mass genocide when they sold their people to Caucasians? Greed, profit, was the part of all monarchist led systems. The point is the Europeans came looking as the criminals they sent as indentured workers to Australia and the American colonies couldn't hack it. They created a monster! These women were strong despite failing in battle against the French who eventually colonized them. Africa would have been the same as China, Europe and America if their wasn't money and racial deceitful carnage, and bamboozlement and that the point!@@GuiltyFaT
Wait, are we seriously getting a film starring Viola Davis, a Black American descendant of slavery, about a 18th century West African kingdom that built it’s wealth by being a prime purveyor of slaves to Europeans during the Transatlantic Slave Trade?
For real. I mean these warriors seem cool as hell but the reality of how this kingdom maintained it’s power is that the enslaved their fellow Africans and sold them to Europeans. I mean the whole reason for their decline was the end to the slave trade. And it seems as if this movie is totally ignoring that, even trying to say the exact opposite.
Although I just did some research. Here’s what I will say, it looks as if the king who began the tradition of these warriors did so before Dahomey became so entrenched in trading slaves. His successor was supposedly his daughter Hangbe(who may or may not have existed. She exists in oral tradition but seems to have been erased from the official record). She held power for a bit while waiting for her brother to come of age and take over, however her other brother Agaja apparently took over and the fact that she fought him and supported her brother Agbo as the next ruler is suspected to be the reason she was erased from history. Agaja is the one who brought Dahomey into the slave trade. So if this is set during the reign of the father Houegbadja then this version of events, while certainly heightened, is not so far off. However, upon looking at the casting this is definitely not the case. This is set in the early 1800’s and the King we are seeing was actually trying to keep the slave trade alive to maintain power. Which unfortunately means this account is completely untrue.
I never trust movies when it comes to this kind of stuff anymore, I was actually looking for this comment. After being exposed to people like Larry Elder , Candace Owens , and Thomas Sowell , seeing movies like this make me cringe. These movies get made(roots, when they see us, etc.) to brainwash our community and keep us mentally enslaved and thinking a certain way. On another note , they just HAVE to put men down every chance they get, what is with this idea that Women get to be feminine and masculine and dominate both ends. Its not rocket science , men and women are equal but have different things that they naturally excel at. I don't expect men on average to beat women in femininity anymore than I expect women to beat men out in masculinity.
@@danielledavidoski4076 This story would make a far more interesting film. The truth is always complicated it would help if we bothered to tell the whole story.
Until I saw this trailer, I never in my life knew that I wanted to see Viola Davis as a goddamn badass warrior. Now I know and I am so *excited* to see this in theaters.
@@SKMonatshiebe These women are portrayed as Strong not Masculine. 56 yrs is not old and being a role model has no age limit Your ideas of femininity, ageism, beauty are old and tiring refrains from an era we are moving away from.. wake up & keep up.
@@SKMonatshiebe Why you don't have the same attitude of all these old azz action actors? Denzel Washington for example, was definitely 50+ when The Book Of Eli came out, or how about The Equalizer? I bet you don't even look at the TV series with Queen Latifah. I'm glad Viola is in this role. I hope more black actresses start spreading into roles that black girls can be empowered by. Not all black girls and women look up to rappers like boys do. Your perspective is definitely outdated or just lack the mental capacity to think like that.
@@khismet I always wanted even Vivica Fox to go more into martial arts roles or action genres more when Kill Bill came out. Looks like Viola is taking care of her body....
The Dahomey were not heroes, but villain's and brutal slavers. Their warriors could not compete against European warfare and were destroyed in their first battel by the French. They continued to try an capture and sale slaves, but were stopped from exporting by British blockages.
Why was there Colonialism, after the transatlantic slave trade. The Romans had slaves. Yes African had slavery amongst themselves, but did they ensue mass genocide when they sold their people to Caucasians? Greed, profit, was the part of all monarchist led systems. The point is the Europeans came looking as the criminals they sent as indentured workers to Australia and the American colonies couldn't hack it. They created a monster! These women were strong despite failing in battle against the French who eventually colonized them. Africa would have been the same as China, Europe and America if their wasn't money and racial deceitful carnage, and bamboozlement and that the point!
They have found again a way to portray (Dark skinned) black women as masculine and not feminine, Like in black panther. As an example, Why didn’t they choose a woman like Gwendoline Christie to play wonderwoman but instead they took a former miss Israel, to portray the beautiful and strength of the Caucasian women. Viola Davis is 56 year old. That is too old, but if it was about to portray Jeanne d’arc they would chose someone equivalent to Meghan Good or Gabrielle Union! it is always the same, They are pretending to uplift black women, but behind all of this there is just wickedness, cunning… pure evil, I DO NOT THINK THAT A 15 or 17 year old black girl, would like to identify herself to someone who looks exactly the same as her grandmother. Stripper Meghan thee stallion, or would like to bleach her skin like Rihanna or Nikki Minaj, instead as taking a 56 year old as a Role model.
@@SKMonatshiebe Yeah. But then I won't blame Hollywood for this. Black people really needed to be the ones to create their own movies. You begged them and this is what you get. And black male roles are effeminate too. Go support The Little Mermaid with Halle Bailey.
@@SKMonatshiebe Yep! They love to masculinazine dark skinned women, and black women in general, they brainwash with the strong black woman stereotype. More Hollywood drivel. Lol. Glad someone else sees thru it!
@@tommydingo1h547 Protect your country? Maybe. Fight to preserve slavery? 100%. These are your heroes, tommydingo, maybe read up about their contributions to the slave trade by enslaving & selling their own people.
I cannot wait to watch it.And i am so happy to see Thuso Mbhedu in this movie .We will always be proud of her. Make your family proud .You deserve everything
They have found again a way to portray (Dark skinned) black women as masculine and not feminine, Like in black panther. As an example, Why didn’t they choose a woman like Gwendoline Christie to play wonderwoman but instead they took a former miss Israel, to portray the beautiful and strength of the Caucasian women. Viola Davis is 56 year old. That is too old, but if it was about to portray Jeanne d’arc they would chose someone equivalent to Meghan Good or Gabrielle Union! it is always the same, They are pretending to uplift black women, but behind all of this there is just wickedness, cunning… pure evil, I DO NOT THINK THAT A 15 or 17 year old black girl, would like to identify herself to someone who looks exactly the same as her grandmother. Stripper Meghan thee stallion, or would like to bleach her skin like Rihanna or Nikki Minaj, instead as taking a 56 year old as a Role model.
@@SKMonatshiebe Do you even know the history of the Dahomey tribe because you're reaching? Go research the tribe first and see what they all look like and stood for. This isn't a fictional tribe, unlike Wonder Woman who is fictional. These were powerful women warrior tribes in Dahomey Africa, which is present-day, Benin.
Same. I read about these women and thank god they are going to be recognized more now. Just one of many historical representations that need to happen.
The real tribe had sold so many of it's men off to slave traders and lost the rest in wars the women were the only ones left. Sure the movie won't mention that though.
@@rontronimous don’t need it to it takes like I said 2 hrs to tell a whole story not enough time but anyone who can read can look the rest up thanks for your input
I wonder if they’ll reference this little nugget in the movie…….Both domestic slavery and the Atlantic slave trade were important to the economy of Dahomey (that’s Violas character, she is a Dahomey Amazon)Men, women, and children captured by Dahomey in wars and slave raids were sold to European slave traders in exchange for various goods such as rifles, gunpowder, textiles, cowry shells, and alcohol. Dahomey used magical rituals for slave trading. Prior to being sold to Europeans, slaves were forced to march in circles around the "Tree of Forgetfulness" so they would lose memories of their culture, family, and homeland. The purpose of this ritual was to prevent the spirits of the slaves from returning and seeking revenge against the royalty of Dahomey.Other war captives who were not intended to be sold to Europeans remained in Dahomey as slaves. There, they worked on royal plantations that supplied food for the army and royal court, and they were reserved for human sacrifice in the Annual Customs of Dahomey.
I am still seeking resources. I want resources from different perspectives because now we have learned that resources from whites often whitewash stories or lie to force a narrative they want portrayed. So I want to learn from an African historian's perspective too.
@@magsbayou not negativ but factual, I haven't seen a movie that make the Roma's the good guys when encountering other nation. What it's now UK literally had to bleed then out of their land. Spartacuss, Viriato Arminius even Cleopatra's tragedy. Show how brutal they were. Doesn't mean the Dahomani Amazon where not a thing of legends. They where incredible
The Dahomey did not just own slaves. They raided other African tribes, took people captive, broke them of their free will and marched them to the coast to be sold (the ones they didn’t keep for themselves that is). European slave traders would have had no slaves to buy and bring to the Americas if not for the help of kingdoms like Dahomey. Mrs. Davis character is a warrior in service to this kingdom and it’s practices. I would assume took part in those very raids. And I bet you don’t see a single person in bondage in this whole movie, even though they were common place in this kingdom. If you want to be brutally honest about history what’s good for the goose is good for the gander. Jus sayin.
@@freethinker2697 Man.. take a knee... Hollywood is based on lying and stretching facts to where there unrecognizable. But this, this is worse than lying, this is opposite Birth of a Nation bullshite
They have found again a way to portray (Dark skinned) black women as masculine and not feminine, Like in black panther. As an example, Why didn’t they choose a woman like Gwendoline Christie to play wonderwoman but instead they took a former miss Israel, to portray the beautiful and strength of the Caucasian women. Viola Davis is 56 year old. That is too old, but if it was about to portray Jeanne d’arc they would chose someone equivalent to Meghan Good or Gabrielle Union! it is always the same, They are pretending to uplift black women, but behind all of this there is just wickedness, cunning… pure evil, I DO NOT THINK THAT A 15 or 17 year old black girl, would like to identify herself to someone who looks exactly the same as her grandmother. Stripper Meghan thee stallion, or would like to bleach her skin like Rihanna or Nikki Minaj, instead as taking a 56 year old as a Role model.
@@SKMonatshiebe glad we are finally waking up to these stereotype of dark skinned black women, always portrayed as aggressive, combative, loud mouth, and unattractive short hair( short hair is beautiful too), I am with you on this sister....I don't even know what tribe they are showing, thousands of different diverse tribe on the continent of Africa! And I can't relate to the story they are telling to portray the whole of African women. The women in my tribes are definitely not fighters and aggressive like this at all!!!
We are the laughing store of the west and they continue to do this. You should see the reactions of Chinese when they are misrepresented in western aka hollywood films. But us we embrace distortions of our history. This trailer alone shows how the film veers from historical facts and casts Africans from West Africa speaking in a South African accent. We should condemn this and not celebrate this. Watch the original "Sarraounia" by Med Hondo.
another movie produced by a white person to convince women they are masculine. that is why 1/4 black women will be married. Alpha men dont want alpha women and Alpha women dont want betas. So you get nothing.
😂😂😂yeah, let's celebrate one of Africa's most notorious slaver tribes. It's amazing how yall are all excited to watch a film about the tribe that probably sold your ancestors into slavery.
I am getting black panther vibes... And loving it!! When I watched the marvel movie I was thinking of how great it would be to tell the story of the African continent.. We have had so much about Victorian wars, Roman Era, Asian, Greek etc so that's a refreshing twist..
@@funnysungames546 A story should contain characters that can truly convey it. Diversity is important yet at the same time not required to tell all stories. If a movie is about the Amish, how silly would it be to have forced diversity when focused solely on their community? I have never seen a black Amish person. I am not saying they don't exist and if they do, it would be very new to me!
Interesting little fact, the Dora Milaje in Black Panther were actually based on the Dahomey Warriors. I read about them a few years ago and I am so happy they are making a film about them.
@@sinkalaj yes. Actually the mythology of the black panther was based on their culture. I remember Lupita N'yongo interviewed members of their village.
Everyone is loving Viola Davis in this, and I certainly agree with them, but it's also good to see John Boyega get his due. Ain't nobody gonna Disney+ him!
The woman who raised the First Emperor of Haiti Jean-Jacques Dessalines was a Dahomey warrior name Abdaraya Toya but the colonizer who quote on quote owned her named her Victoria Montou. Queen Marie Louise of Haiti had a group of woman call the Amazon that were her personal guards during her husband King Henri Christophe's reign. These women came on a slave ship from Benin and they dropped them in Haiti by accident,at the time Haiti was already independent and they swore to defend the Royal family of Haiti at the time with their life. When the Kingdom collapsed they never left the town where the palace was and all lot of their descendent are still there in the town of Milot,Cap-Haitien,Haiti!
The African-Americans audience will be cheering for the people, who may have literally captured and sold their ancestors. The Dahomeyans were notorious slavers, who traded with Europeans and Americans until the British Navy put a stop to it. The last American slave ship, the Clotlida was loaded up in Dahomey. Their last known victim, Matilda McCrear died in 1940 in Alabama.
The irony of this the British literally had American colonizers up until 1776 I think the only reason the British did that was so they could own it themselves and yes they were African tribes that sold there own sadly but NOT all of them did and that was greed majority of why other people took others land and sold people greed what do u expect when trespassing on other people territory very few people will give u a warm welcome....
History was told in reverse! American blacks were already here blacks were everywhere and the Europeans colonized every dam thing !!!! It’s in the books!!!!
Oscars will probably only go to white people behind the film. The concept in theory is nice but it is not what people think it is. This movie is just another attempt at milking the cow. POC don't need another slave story retold. YAWN
They have found again a way to portray (Dark skinned) black women as masculine and not feminine, Like in black panther. As an example, Why didn’t they choose a woman like Gwendoline Christie to play wonderwoman but instead they took a former miss Israel, to portray the beautiful and strength of the Caucasian women. Viola Davis is 56 year old. That is too old, but if it was about to portray Jeanne d’arc they would chose someone equivalent to Meghan Good or Gabrielle Union! it is always the same, They are pretending to uplift black women, but behind all of this there is just wickedness, cunning… pure evil, I DO NOT THINK THAT A 15 or 17 year old black girl, would like to identify herself to someone who looks exactly the same as her grandmother. Stripper Meghan thee stallion, or would like to bleach her skin like Rihanna or Nikki Minaj, instead as taking a 56 year old as a Role model.
My God! This looks like the most empowering movie ever. I just wanna grab my sword and slay my enemies! 🤭 But seriously... The images, the music, the acting - all looks amazing. Got goosebumps.
Goosebumps? Empowering? Fascinating. You realize you’re cheering for amazons who helped enslave their own people against Europeans who sought to dismantle the Atlantic slave trade, right? Lol.
They have found again a way to portray (Dark skinned) black women as masculine and not feminine, Like in black panther. As an example, Why didn’t they choose a woman like Gwendoline Christie to play wonderwoman but instead they took a former miss Israel, to portray the beautiful and strength of the Caucasian women. Viola Davis is 56 year old. That is too old, but if it was about to portray Jeanne d’arc they would chose someone equivalent to Meghan Good or Gabrielle Union! it is always the same, They are pretending to uplift black women, but behind all of this there is just wickedness, cunning… pure evil, I DO NOT THINK THAT A 15 or 17 year old black girl, would like to identify herself to someone who looks exactly the same as her grandmother. Stripper Meghan thee stallion, or would like to bleach her skin like Rihanna or Nikki Minaj, instead as taking a 56 year old as a Role model.
@@Qwerty-jy9mj They are the female warriors behind the inspiration of the Dora Milajie from what I read even prior to this movie being announced. Actually, the whole mythology of the Black Panther came from this country in Africa. However, you can google if you choose to and read for yourself. I think the only thing that seems false is the language and the accent.
@@SKMonatshiebe The Dahomey were warriors, not beauty queens. This is how a warrior would look or are you so used to the watered down, glossed over version of powerful women that hollywood has fed you? If you read about the Dahomey warriors, you'll find that some of the women were "involuntarily enrolled" if their husbands or fathers thought they were too disruptive. So essentially most of these women became warriors because they refused to bend to a mans will and here you are, complaining that they aren't pretty enough. And don't you ever disrespect Ms Viola Davis again!
This Is the story of Yaa Asantewaa . A warrior from The Ashanti Kingdom located in present-day West Africa Ghana. This story is still being told in our schools. This is our story as Africans and Ghanaians to be precise.
The growth of Dahomey coincided with the growth of the Atlantic slave trade, and it became known to Europeans as a major supplier of slaves. As a highly militaristic kingdom constantly organised for warfare, it captured children, women, and men during wars and raids against neighboring societies, and sold them into the Atlantic slave trade In the 1840s, Dahomey began to face decline with British pressure to abolish the slave trade, which included the British Royal Navy imposing a naval blockade against the kingdom and enforcing anti-slavery patrols near its coast
finally someone who knows the actual history! but they most likely will not touch on the real events even though its supposed to be on real events. those woman werent anything to look up to weird how ppl think this is inspiring there were only woman mostly cause they had sold all the men.
Why was there Colonialism, after the transatlantic slave trade. The Romans had slaves. Yes African had slavery amongst themselves, but did they ensue mass genocide when they sold their people to Caucasians? Greed, profit, was the part of all monarchist led systems. The point is the Europeans came looking as the criminals they sent as indentured workers to Australia and the American colonies couldn't hack it. They created a monster! These women were strong despite failing in battle against the French who eventually colonized them. Africa would have been the same as China, Europe and America if their wasn't money and racial deceitful carnage, and bamboozlement and that the point!
You don't know this people They are very smart and calculative Ghana: Ashanti empire, Nigeria: Oyo empire, Benin Republic: kingdom of Dahomey These where some of the kingdoms that participated in the slave trade. What the whites did was that, if they come to you and you refuse to sell slaves to them, they will go to the next kingdom and buy slaves and exchange it with guns. As a result, those other kingdoms become more powerful than the ones that refuse to sell slaves So in other to stay strong(having guns) you have to sell slaves otherwise your neighboring kingdoms will be stronger than you and may one day invade. That was the technique they used.
@@obiabamba4867 Ok...so you're saying the africans were forced to sell slaves? So why had they already been doing it for centuries before they ever laid eyes on a white person? and why are they still doing it today? The only race of man to ever end slavery entirely within its spehere of influence is also the only race villified for engaging in it...and examples of the ending it are twisted to make the actual villains appear to be heroes... its fucking insane.
Many Black people living in the West are cheering for a movie about a tribe that sold their ancestors into slavery and fought Britain when they were trying to end it. The growth of Dahomey coincided with the growth of the Atlantic slave trade, and it became known to Europeans as a major supplier of slaves. As a highly militaristic kingdom constantly organised for warfare, it captured children, women, and men during wars and raids against neighboring societies, and sold them into the Atlantic slave trade in exchange for European goods such as rifles, gunpowder, fabrics, cowrie shells, tobacco, pipes, and alcohol. Other remaining captives became slaves in Dahomey, where they worked on royal plantations and were routinely mass executed in large-scale human sacrifices during the festival celebrations known as the Annual Customs of Dahomey.
They have found again a way to portray (Dark skinned) black women as masculine and not feminine, Like in black panther. As an example, Why didn’t they choose a woman like Gwendoline Christie to play wonderwoman but instead they took a former miss Israel, to portray the beautiful and strength of the Caucasian women. Viola Davis is 56 year old. That is too old, but if it was about to portray Jeanne d’arc they would chose someone equivalent to Meghan Good or Gabrielle Union! it is always the same, They are pretending to uplift black women, but behind all of this there is just wickedness, cunning… pure evil, I DO NOT THINK THAT A 15 or 17 year old black girl, would like to identify herself to someone who looks exactly the same as her grandmother. Stripper Meghan thee stallion, or would like to bleach her skin like Rihanna or Nikki Minaj, instead as taking a 56 year old as a Role model.
I HAVE BEEN HOPING THAT A MOVIE like this BE MADE OF real women like yourself! We "WOMEN" raising babies and still fighting off demons is not easy as the #1 soft target in this country FBA
The Kingdom of Dahomey bought weapons from Europeans, in return providing them with a steady supply of black slaves captured during numerous military expeditions, becoming a distribution center for living goods. I wonder if they will mention it in the film?
Ignore the part where they claim this is inspired by a true story. The fights they are referring to happened in the 1890s. Both sides had guns and the Africans were NOT dressed like that. The Europeans were also using steam ships by this point, not sailing ships. Also, their enemies were the French, not the English. The English did blockade the country in the 1840s while trying to enforce a prohibition on slavery but that didn't result in a land war. As mentioned by others the Dahomey had been made wealthy by being slave traders, were known for regularly raiding neighboring villages and tribes for the purpose of taking slaves, and were still doing so in 1890. They also routinely used their slaves for human sacrifices during the "Annual Customs of Dahomey". Lastly, and SPOILER ALERT, they lose to the French despite the Dahomey Amazons having "handled admirably" and their "incredible courage and audacity" according to the French.
@@johnpauljones9310 The samurai of Edo Japan were defeated just as easily by Western firearms as well to bring about the Meiji Era. Who’s dumping on their memory? Apparently not you.
@@harleyquinn5774 The samurai were defeated by a Japanese military using western firearms and tactics. The Dahomey Amazons were wiped out by the French army via bayonet charges. They are not the same thing and you're a liar for implying they are. LOL
We have so many amazing true stories in our culture, I am very happy to see them start showing what's been hidden from most. Plus, I always loved the story and history of the Dahomey.
I read the history of the Dahomey when I was a child.....my parents made it a priority that I know the history of my people before.....during.....after the institution of slavery......My parents made sure that I always understood that there was greatness in the history and culture of my people.......I am now 69 years of age.......the historical facts being shared in various mediums today regarding the history and culture of my people are by no means new information to me.........I take great pride in that.......during Jim Crow, my parents made it possible for me to know the great history and culture of my people......Native Black Americans
Then you must love the fact that the biggest source of income of the Dahomey was the atlantic slave trade, and the british fought them to put an end to it.
America Doesn't want you to know this, this is why they work so hard to remove critical race theory within American Education, but not Gone With The Wind. 🤮 or John Wayne Movies.🤮 Everybody hold on and support this film no matter what, because the hate-mongers American Righ Wing Neocons, Fox News is going to spin this to cause more diversion among all of us. Protect yourself and you're loved ones while supporting this film. We all might not wear ⌚Watches like we use to, but we better know what time it is.
As much as I love Viola Davis, I will not back this movie. Hollywood loves to subliminally "say" things through imagery and code language. They are basically saying to black women and girls, we see you as masculine. The strong black woman trope. This is not good for our image. Why are we not portrayed as the love interest in movies? They show white women as girly and feminine but not us. It's always struggle love or us fighting the good fight battle for others which strips us of our femininity and womanhood. I'm sick of it. Nope. Hollywood I see you and I'm not buying.
Why was there Colonialism, after the transatlantic slave trade. The Romans had slaves. Yes African had slavery amongst themselves, but did they ensue mass genocide when they sold their people to Caucasians? Greed, profit, was the part of all monarchist led systems. The point is the Europeans came looking as the criminals they sent as indentured workers to Australia and the American colonies couldn't hack it. They created a monster! These women were strong despite failing in battle against the French who eventually colonized them. Africa would have been the same as China, Europe and America if their wasn't money and racial deceitful carnage, and bamboozlement and that the point!
You're joking right 😂 this movie flooded because the history was wrong from this film it only made 32,000,000 in the box office nobody really wants to see a movie based on lies.
@@supersnapp I find that your “attempt” at causing conflict won’t work. I wrote that they were military tacticians. I am fully aware that becoming part of the kings guard was voluntary adjacent. I didn’t say anything about support or inspiring. There were many army’s throughout history that were tacticians while committing atrocities. The Dahomey was one of many.
@@Native-Kitty You are happy that slave raiders are being promoted by Hollywood because you think that being a slave raider is ok as long as that slave raider is either black or a woman. That is consistent with other blacks I have debated that support slavery or look the other way because under black ideas, slavery is only slavery if the slave owner is white. There is slavery in Africa today, and American blacks don't want it discussed. Were they great tacticians though? Why is it that the people who were so "inspired" by the Dahomey Amazons don't seem to list their actual performance. How did they perform against European troops? Why were they so easily defeated by the French? Do you think the movie will show them being so easily defeated? Probably not right? Bad for the girl power vibe. And you are also leaving out that Hollywood is positioning the Dahomey fighting against slavery, when they fought for slavery. So you are rooting for slavers -- because they are black and female. If the Dahomey are going to be elevated, then we also need to elevate the Japanese Imperial Military.
They have found again a way to portray (Dark skinned) black women as masculine and not feminine, Like in black panther. As an example, Why didn’t they choose a woman like Gwendoline Christie to play wonderwoman but instead they took a former miss Israel, to portray the beautiful and strength of the Caucasian women. Viola Davis is 56 year old. That is too old, but if it was about to portray Jeanne d’arc they would chose someone equivalent to Meghan Good or Gabrielle Union! it is always the same, They are pretending to uplift black women, but behind all of this there is just wickedness, cunning… pure evil, I DO NOT THINK THAT A 15 or 17 year old black girl, would like to identify herself to someone who looks exactly the same as her grandmother. Stripper Meghan thee stallion, or would like to bleach her skin like Rihanna or Nikki Minaj, instead as taking a 56 year old as a Role model.
@@blackhagalaz I believe this movie is about the Dahomey warriors who were an elite group of woman "Amazon's" within the Dahomey kingdom during the 18th century to the early 1900's. I really suggest googling them because it is a very interesting story.
@@jliverman6302 Cool thank you thats very interesting. I will definitely check them out as well as the movie. I love to read about strong female characters like these :)
@@blackhagalaz Cool. You should read about how these ruthless slavers were brutally massacred by the French in every single battle they fought. And how they enslaved their own people, and fought to preserve slavery as an institution. BLM, right?
They should make a movie about Nzinga Mbande- she was an African Queen and Warrior from Angola 🇦🇴 who lived from 1553 to 1663 , she was a huge warrior, she killed the throne sucessor and became the Queen forcing the white Colonizers to take her serious. When I saw the trailer I thought the movie was about Nzinga Mbande. Africa had amazing female Warriors.
Everybody is getting goosebumps lol, I got them before during and after the trailer lol. I remember seeing some documentary years ago about these warrior women, some even called them amazons. Can't wait to see this movie, good thing I was born in September lol
I am overjoyed that this film was made. I will see this film that speaks of a time when women were the best warriors and leaders the earth had. Kick it girls, show them who we are.
Lol, nah, these wannabe amazons existed in the lifetimes of Von Moltke, Grant, Stonewall, Sherman, Togo, and Ōyama Iwao. Not to mention the French generals and soldiers who massacred them. The biggest mistake France made was not Russia, the Nivelle Offensive, or even WW2. It was allowing these enslavers to live.
What? Do you actually know what period this was because women were not the best warriors or leaders. They lost both wars against the French and they were led by the king of Dahomey
To be a warrior , you must kill the tears- I felt that , real hard. Something my grandmother would say to me . I am literally going to represent and go as the bad-ass warrior I know that I am !!!! Blackness in pure glory. This is about to be epic on a cosmic scale and I am here for all of it!!! War cry - I am ready !!!!!!!
While I agree with you and excited for the movie; I find that this is what is hurting us as black woman. Shed those tears and present our feelings because holding it in is killing some of us with stress, heart attacks and strokes.
Do some historical research before you make a movie about the DaHomey empire…they were one of the BIGGEST slave traders in Africa, just sayin’ not the best empire to exemplify Black Power
@@aelitastones3110 It's funny how you do not mention the ones who crossed the sea countless times with the clear intention to enslave fellow human beings, took advantage of tribal wars among my people, incentivized the trade, bought my people, and kept them in bondage for centuries, made money out of their blood, and then proceeded to write about the one-sided "History" account of their lucrative journey in Africa that you probably read and in which I guess they would obviously omit the boats where it started and the city and economies and countries built from it and most importantly ignore the chapter about reparations but instead focus on the Black on Black Crime...( sorry I couldn't help) It was more complex than we would like to admit it Starting from the Arabs slave traders and the Muslim empire expansion in Africa up to the European's quest for a fortune in Africa... And the main reason why I applaud this movie is that it's to me an attempt to start a much-needed dialogue by dealing with the complex reality of slavery in Africa through the lens of tribal warfare and ethnic conflicts. It does not deny the involvement of the kingdom of Dahomey in the slave trade, yet it shows, as we should expect from such a structured society with military wisdom, that at some point someone smart enough would notice the obvious, which is that selling their own or their tribal enemy to slavery only weakens them and profit to the ones who crossed the sea to enslave fellow human being. Plus as a young African, beyond the cinematic blah blah blah, it's a clear reminder that outsiders can only take advantage of us when we fight each other.
The Dahomey kingdom was built on slave labour and was a major centre in the Atlantic slave trade, until 1852 when the British imposed a naval embargo to stop it. I hope this will be shown in the movie. Human sacrifice and cannibalism was also a great part of the culture. The women warriors, along with the men would go on night raids into other villages and capture all the villagers who were then taken and sold as slaves, with some of the women trained as warriors. The women warriors were allowed to smoke and drink which the men weren’t permitted to do. Showing them only fighting the French is ignoring the greater part of their history.
I think transatlantic slavery is a bit more complex than this in the view of the people who were affected by it. Unfortunately, the story has been told merely by those who started it, meaning the Europeans. What we don't need is more on the "white gaze" on that and let the Africans deal with the story of their ancestors, with the pain and complexity it involves. So if you are one of them, I would encourage you to dig into your ancestral African culture and communicate accordingly. If you are not, please don't colonize other cultures' storytelling. And please don't even start with "but I'm just sharing an opinion," if you aren't from Benin. It's just what the Europeans have been doing with Africa for centuries: meddling.
@@lindabb7064 Ahh yes this person who is probably not White(but if they are, still doesn’t matter) who is sharing actual historical information about the Kingdom of Dahomey is colonizing their story because addressing the issue that this movie is most likely whitewashing their history. I mean I love Viola Davis and who knows this movie could be great! But regardless, painting them as some kind of liberators of Africa is just intellectually dishonest since they were one of the key players in the transatlantic slave trade. As well used the Europeans to help destroy and conquer other African peoples.
@@lindabb7064 Nothing Megan said is wrong. I don't typically get irritated with movies, but the way this is being depicted is spitting in the face of black people in America. I know now that my ancestors came from that general region, where they were captured and sold into slavery. They're just as responsible as the Europeans for that reason. You should read about the Dahomey kingdom.
@@MegaEvilsaurus66 I agree with you. I am Liberian. Descended from, both, freed slaves and natives of that region who were oppressed by freed slaves. Sure it's a complex story, but if we brush parts of history aside, we can easily repeat it. We should tell the story, and tell it whole.
Lol what do you mean? This tribe & these amazons wanted to preserve slavery because it was their way of life. They enslaved their own people and sold them to whites.
Everyone on here shouting about their goosebumps, when I hope y'all know that the Dahomey empire was one that perpetuated and built itself up on the practice of enslaving their neighbors. The conflict here is that those intolerant Europeans put a stop to the practice. Hopefully next we get movies about the Barbary Pirates and the Moors. Cause, ya know, "Tell the whole story" and all dat. ;)
Why was there Colonialism, after the transatlantic slave trade. The Romans had slaves. Yes African had slavery amongst themselves, but did they ensue mass genocide when they sold their people to Caucasians? Greed, profit, was the part of all monarchist led systems. The point is the Europeans came looking as the criminals they sent as indentured workers to Australia and the American colonies couldn't hack it. They created a monster! These women were strong despite failing in battle against the French who eventually colonized them. Africa would have been the same as China, Europe and America if their wasn't money and racial deceitful carnage, and bamboozlement and that the point!
4,543 people shot in Chicago last year, 278 of them Children 16 or younger. I'm ALL for movies that have positive role models that young children of African heritage can look up to. Not convinced that a role model of violence and racial division is the right call, nor do I think those kids in Chicago and elsewhere will be better off for it.
Bumboclaaaaat this is the movie I've been waiting my whole life for. Finally, we're expanding on black stories. We were more than slaves. We were royalty. We were warriors. Viola Davis deserves to be the lead. I'm so excited about this. Wow.
Lol, ironic that you claim you were more than slaves, when these wannabe amazons fought to preserve slavery because their kingdom’s economy was too reliant upon the institution when the British tried to abolish it.
@@Niani23455 No, they fought the French because the French invaded because they wished to colonize their lands lol. The Dahomey economy collapsed whenever the British tried to close the slave trade btw.
@@soundwavesuperior28 they didn't fight they got owned this movie is fake, you black supremacists can lie about history over and over but not on this one.
@@The_Modern_King because of Ethnic Narcissism, these people were conquered and very tribal, Black Americans don't like to see that they want their ancestry and past to be powerful but they weren't, they were stuck in the iron age while others were in the golden age. never feel sympathetic for conquered people who hate you, you can give them everything from Presidency to reparations and it won't end until you are dead, this is historical.
This looks fantastic. My only quibble, in this trailer, is that the way they seemed to refer to Africa as a single, homogenous place as opposed to an entire frickin continent.
I'm so glad that someone here is finally saying this here. It's a major problem in film and TV, and indeed among many people in the western world, where they - in a very unhelpful, damaging way - consider the continent of Africa to somehow be a nation...where everybody is the same 'race', apparently look alike, and have the same history, language, culture and personalities. When in fact - just like Eurasia or the Americas - the continent of Africa historically has many dozens of recognisable, diverse peoples with distinct languages, histories and cultures (and visual appearances), from the southern-Mediterranean Arab world - being home to Arabs, Berbers and many other cultures...through to the vast expanse of Sub-Saharan Africa and it's high number of hugely diverse nations and regional identities. The clumsy, short-sighted Hollywood/American lumping-together of a non-existent single 'Black/African' 'race' (and stereotype) is as lazy as it is damaging - by perpetually spreading a simplified, false, quick-fix interpretation of an entire continent. For me, all of this further encourages film/TV storytellers to prolong the cycle of dumbing-down the history (and geography) of yet another large part of our world. Africa is just like Europe, Asia or the Americas, in the way that it does not have a single continent-defining 'race', identity, culture or nationality. I live and work in the UK and while I am only a short hour's flight from other European nations like France, the Netherlands, Belgium and Denmark (to name a few) I do not have - in any major way - a particularly strong shared culture/recent history with these nations. I would have to go back a thousand years or more to start finding any moderate crossover of any kind with these areas and the UK...and that was mostly made possible by geographical proximity. Yes, in Europe's most open democracies, we share some modern similarities in terms of our daily lives, in our general outlook and in social/recreational situations, but I am not mostly indistinguishable from other people within the diverse umbrella of European nations ...just like the people in Africa and other continental regions. Moreover, any ties the UK has with central or eastern Europe are infinitely more remote still, and yet, by comparison the continent of Africa has even greater distances between many of their nations ...and even greater differences in language, culture and history - and indeed visual appearance in their respective populations. Someone having sub-Saharan derived dark skin does not guarantee that said person definitely has a shared 'identity', language or culture to all other sub-Saharan people...or even mean that they will always physically/facially look alike. I also notice with many people in North America that there is an unhelpful tendency to lump-together people with family links to present-day China, Hong Kong, Korea and Japan - crudely combining them together as being 'Asian' (and solely representing Asia) and therefore are increasingly indistinguishable. Yes, if you go very far back in history, there are some elements of crossover/shared culture (greatly assisted by proximity) with these areas, but they are very much outweighed by their differences. With many people in North America, there seems to be no realisation that 'Asia' stretches all the way from Europe's neighbour Turkey (in the Mediterranean) to Japan (in the Pacific) - and has countless diverse nations and people in the many thousands of miles between them. The way that people of eastern-Asian appearance are often ignorantly lumped-together would be very much like lumping-together citizens from the UK, France and Poland and asserting that (combined), they are mostly indistinguishable and broadly represent the whole of 'Europe'. Yes, geographical proximity does often mean that some modern nations do have things in common (via part-shared history), but for example, if you try and compare the modern African nations of Mauritania and Mozambique, the differences (and indeed geographical distance) between their populations are absolutely vast and infinitely outweigh any similarities they may share (coincidental or otherwise). This comparison/result can be repeated many times over in Africa. Every continent in this world has many varied stories to be told, with countless cultures and so-called 'races' to be explored (history is absolutely fascinating and educational!), but sadly I shudder at the likelihood from the western world of yet another clumsy, lazy TV-interpretation of 'the nation of Africa' - which will spread further damaging stereotypes and misinformation regarding our world's history and present-day reality. I don't want to discourage people from being entertained by TV and film, but please don't fall into the misinformation-breeding trap of using these mediums of story-telling as historical/educational tools. I would urge people who are interested in their own 'roots' (or indeed anyone else's roots) to please make your fist-port-of-call a decent respected encyclopaedia...and take it from there.
@@oliviaolivia4647 well the stories not true dahomey never had a woman king they had male king and loved capturing slaves and selling them they fact there portaying this as fight freedom is ajoke and exteremly racist to the british and the french. since they came to came to abolish slavery that the dahomey were doing to other tribes but i know you wont do any research so have fun being lied to
Why was there Colonialism, after the transatlantic slave trade. The Romans had slaves. Yes African had slavery amongst themselves, but did they ensue mass genocide when they sold their people to Caucasians? Greed, profit, was the part of all monarchist led systems. The point is the Europeans came looking as the criminals they sent as indentured workers to Australia and the American colonies couldn't hack it. They created a monster! These women were strong despite failing in battle against the French who eventually colonized them. Africa would have been the same as China, Europe and America if their wasn't money and racial deceitful carnage, and bamboozlement and that the point!
@@johncampbell5929 she means a story that shows slavers to be the heroes and champions she's always thought they were...she's sick and tired of his history books telling her slavery is mean... Finally she gets her wish.
Reminder: the Dahomey economy was so reliant on trading slaves with the Europeans their nation collapsed when slavery was outlawed. Yaaasss slave kween!
She wasn’t anything comparable to royalty by any means. She was a savage political pawn who was placed at the head of a savage tribe. Shes about as much of a king/queen as any slumlord.
Everything looks great on the screen but the blood the African and the shed before taken captive and died before taken to be sold into slavery, it wasn't as Hollywood portrait as it be..would love see the movie. Do your research to learn more about that tribe of people...best wishes ✨️
I've known the history for years. Their history is just the same as European, Asian, etc. tribes who had regional enemies who they warred against. Africa wasn't/isn't a nation of one people. I'm looking forward to seeing this.
True and at that time it wasn’t a forethought that what was being done was wrong and would have the repercussions it had. People were divided then and remain so to this day. We don’t learn. So as cool as the film looks, I wonder if the studio addresses this.
True,as I said before all hype and glitter..I am quite sure if you are familiar with their history you know that it was a blood bath with question and doubts. But thank you for your response..
The story of how an african tribe fought back against european explorers, and uhh... definitely didn't sell anyone into slavery. Can't wait to see it..
Why was there Colonialism, after the transatlantic slave trade. The Romans had slaves. Yes African had slavery amongst themselves, but did they ensue mass genocide when they sold their people to Caucasians? Greed, profit, was the part of all monarchist led systems. The point is the Europeans came looking as the criminals they sent as indentured workers to Australia and the American colonies couldn't hack it. They created a monster! These women were strong despite failing in battle against the French who eventually colonized them. Africa would have been the same as China, Europe and America if their wasn't money and racial deceitful carnage, and bamboozlement and that the point!
I have cried for the crimes against humanity committed by our own people. In museums in Cuba, you can see the sins of slavery. I have cried in my inability to stop our brothers and sisters from exterminating each other. I cried because we are the world most beautiful continent, and we don't see it. I have cried because the pain in our children eye's can be healed. Every time we trust someone that looks at us, we fail. I learned early on in America, you can love your race, you can't trust. Thank you Brotherhood for finally bringing to light a small masterpiece of the Beautiful Afrika.
I hope they stick with their based on a true story and show how this mighty nation and their female warriors gained their power and wealth thru hunting down their fellow Africans and selling them into slavery.
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i saw a documentary about these female warriors ages ago and hoped it would turn into a movie. i cant believe they actually made it. about freakin time!!
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doc is called Epic Warrior Women. Episode 3. can't remember the details but remember being fascinated.
Our stories/history/experiences are bountiful & there are those who wish to keep them hidden from the World. But the buds on this rose are opening & exposing what it has inside.
ain't that the truth
Did they win? The female warriors I mean
@@johnwesson2759 They lost every battle.
@@sixfo2 Don’t worry, my ancestors in Haiti made up for it by killing off all the whites ✊🏾🤭
The Kingdom of Dahomey was a West African kingdom located in present-day Benin from 1600-1904 and became a regional power in the 18th Century. The Dahomey Mothers, known as the Agooji, were the all-female army trained to kill while striking fear in the European colonizers. The King often picked them as teenagers for their strength and beauty. By 1800, up to 4000 women were fighting for the Kingdom. Today, they live on through dances performed in Benin today. ASE'
but they got rekt by the french only loosing 6 peeps
And they prominently sold slaves. I hope they keep that history accurate. It wasn’t just white people selling Black people into slavery. Many tribes made money off of selling humans, from Africa to the Middle East. To pretend this was just a European construct is ridiculous
Ase thank you so much for sharing that history!
Dahomey was an empire built on the backs of African slaves. The kingdom used conquest and slave labor. The Kingdom of Dahomey was a strong African military power that attacked and imperialized its African neighbors. It captured and enslaved the men, women, and children to enhance its wealth and luxuries. It brutally tortured and murdered some slaves, while others, it willingly sold to Europeans in the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Whatever slaves weren't sold or executed worked on the Dahomey Kingdom's royal plantations in Africa.
They didn't sell them to Europeans they sold them to Arab slave traders
This woman has no end. Every role she step into drips in gold. My goodness, my goodness, my goodness Viola Davis just one role with you. My goodness - you make every one happy.
No woman today are not playing no roles
Yes she is everything
HOLY SHIITZ THIS LOOKS AMAZING THE REAL LIFE WAKANDA🙃
she is good . she brings her energy into acting
She is amazing actress they said a darker the richer the taste She is one beautiful woman
I want to see more movies like this that give a new look at black history and culture. Just like people have been making medieval, fantasy, and royalty movies for European history and culture there are so many stories that aren’t written and can be brought to the screen from black history and folktales in Africa to the Caribbean to South America to even South Asia. People seeing black people in a new light and honoring the past is very necessary in a industry that usually perpetuates our pain
Always wondered hotry of Jamaica w nobody had considered making a film about Nanny of the Maroons from the Cockpit country of Jamaica. She led her people in some guerrilla tactics against the British!She was real Badass!Doors need to be opened of true history
This is not a 'new' look, but rather an actual look at African history. A continent with culture, languages, religion and political organization that was destroyed by war, pillage and slavery. These are new times when there's no more hiding or denial of specific events that shaped history one way or another.
@@castlebound2010 absolute shit, dahomey tribe were the main exporters in the slave trade, the British even blokaded them so its a rewriting of history, typical Hollywood nonsense 🙄
But those movies must be supported so it can keep going.
@@castlebound2010
These people enslaved their very own people and sold them into slavery to whites.
I must say... It is incredibly rare that goosebumps and complete awe overwhelm me the instant a trailer begins. THIS changes that. Holy mother of all good things. Everything about this is epic on an astronomical level. The most subtle thing about it, is the TIMING. At a time when women are being attacked, this is total female empowerment right here. Never underestimate a unifying message!
"..... At a time when women are being attacked....."
And also, a time when Black Americans are being sidelined, and are under threat of being forced back into Jim Crow.
I have to say A LOT of people are saying that they felt goosebumps when they saw this, I haven't heard that for a movie since Lord Of The Rings.
heheh just made a goosebumps comment and then saw yours. yeah !!! all what you say
Your standards must be very low then
Empowering, false. This was the B team. Africans were using shields and spears, which greatly depend upon physical strength and stamina. Any woman going up against a man is at a massive disadvantage. This is one of many reasons they were so easily beaten, in addition to the Africans being ignorant and not having any technology beyond spears and sheilds. Trans athletes dominating women's events shows what happens when women compete with men. Furthermore, beyond just physical, it seems that women are much more likely to freeze under pressure, so even mentally they are dramatically inferior when it comes to combat.
The king of Dahomey was the greatest slave merchant in all of West Africa. He was the agent/ partner of the white slave merchants. He had a well organized army that waged war, not only to expand its boundaries but also to take captives as slaves. Slaves were either sold to the Europeans in exchange for weapons or kept to work the royal plantations to feed his large army and the court. I hope this was depicted in the movie.
They won't tell the truth. Neither will they show how the French decimated them with their bayonets.
@@John-kv7jo That's not accurate, the French used troops made up of Africans from Senegalese and Gabonese.
This story looks amazing! The fact that Viola Davis is the lead, just upped the wow factor.
Most people think this is shit. 10k dislikes.
@@nicolasbascunan4013 you keep posting this like you think if you do it'll make it true.
Maybe be less upset that they're making movies about non-white people and take a deep breath.
@@LoudAngryJerk Go to see a really good film about defending your homeland: "Seven Samurai". Non-white people there, you racist.
@@SKMonatshiebe YOU NEED HELP OR YOU NEED TO GET OUT MORE!
I THINK before y’all get all hyped up about this movie you might want to look into the Dahomey involvement with slavery. This movie takes place around the time they were beefing with Great Britain and that was happening because the British were trying to abolish slavery and human sacrifice in Africa, two things the Dahomey were pretty cool with.
The cast,the song choice ,I got goosebumps, I think this trailer needs an award itself 💣💥👸👸👸
Wow! Got goosebumps just watching!
Goosebumps for sure!
It sounds like any other trailer for everything out right now
Exactly what I thought
They have found again a way to portray (Dark skinned) black women as masculine and not feminine, Like in black panther. As an example, Why didn’t they choose a woman like Gwendoline Christie to play wonderwoman but instead they took a former miss Israel, to portray the beautiful and strength of the Caucasian women. Viola Davis is 56 year old. That is too old, but if it was about to portray Jeanne d’arc they would chose someone equivalent to Meghan Good or Gabrielle Union! it is always the same, They are pretending to uplift black women, but behind all of this there is just wickedness, cunning… pure evil, I DO NOT THINK THAT A 15 or 17 year old black girl, would like to identify herself to someone who looks exactly the same as her grandmother. Stripper Meghan thee stallion, or would like to bleach her skin like Rihanna or Nikki Minaj, instead as taking a 56 year old as a Role model.
The people portrayed in this film that fought the Europeans were slavers themselves. They took black slaves for themselves, as well as sold slaves to others. They also conquered other peoples’ lands. I haven’t seen the film yet, but I bet those parts are left out.
of Corse they left that out
Facts and history gets in the way of "The message"
Wrong. Actually, these warriors tried to protect their own slaves that they owned. The african slave trade existed long before europeans came there. When the europeans did arrive, they slaughtered these warrriors fairly easily with their advanced weapons. This is just an attempt to re-write real history.
@@77dris That why decades after the British outlawed slavery, Dahomi still flourished as the African capitol of slavery. Despite the many british attempts, they still practiced slavery for a hundred years after, just as they had captured and sold their own to slavery a hundred years before the British ever stepped foot into Africa.
Why was there Colonialism, after the transatlantic slave trade. The Romans had slaves. Yes African had slavery amongst themselves, but did they ensue mass genocide when they sold their people to Caucasians? Greed, profit, was the part of all monarchist led systems. The point is the Europeans came looking as the criminals they sent as indentured workers to Australia and the American colonies couldn't hack it. They created a monster! These women were strong despite failing in battle against the French who eventually colonized them. Africa would have been the same as China, Europe and America if their wasn't money and racial deceitful carnage, and bamboozlement and that the point!
Why was there Colonialism, after the transatlantic slave trade. The Romans had slaves. Yes African had slavery amongst themselves, but did they ensue mass genocide when they sold their people to Caucasians? Greed, profit, was the part of all monarchist led systems. The point is the Europeans came looking as the criminals they sent as indentured workers to Australia and the American colonies couldn't hack it. They created a monster! These women were strong despite failing in battle against the French who eventually colonized them. Africa would have been the same as China, Europe and America if their wasn't money and racial deceitful carnage, and bamboozlement and that the point!@@GuiltyFaT
Wait, are we seriously getting a film starring Viola Davis, a Black American descendant of slavery, about a 18th century West African kingdom that built it’s wealth by being a prime purveyor of slaves to Europeans during the Transatlantic Slave Trade?
For real. I mean these warriors seem cool as hell but the reality of how this kingdom maintained it’s power is that the enslaved their fellow Africans and sold them to Europeans. I mean the whole reason for their decline was the end to the slave trade. And it seems as if this movie is totally ignoring that, even trying to say the exact opposite.
Although I just did some research. Here’s what I will say, it looks as if the king who began the tradition of these warriors did so before Dahomey became so entrenched in trading slaves. His successor was supposedly his daughter Hangbe(who may or may not have existed. She exists in oral tradition but seems to have been erased from the official record). She held power for a bit while waiting for her brother to come of age and take over, however her other brother Agaja apparently took over and the fact that she fought him and supported her brother Agbo as the next ruler is suspected to be the reason she was erased from history. Agaja is the one who brought Dahomey into the slave trade. So if this is set during the reign of the father Houegbadja then this version of events, while certainly heightened, is not so far off.
However, upon looking at the casting this is definitely not the case. This is set in the early 1800’s and the King we are seeing was actually trying to keep the slave trade alive to maintain power. Which unfortunately means this account is completely untrue.
Thank you I commented the same thang and folks wanna get up in their feelings over irrefutable facts!
I never trust movies when it comes to this kind of stuff anymore, I was actually looking for this comment. After being exposed to people like Larry Elder , Candace Owens , and Thomas Sowell , seeing movies like this make me cringe. These movies get made(roots, when they see us, etc.) to brainwash our community and keep us mentally enslaved and thinking a certain way. On another note , they just HAVE to put men down every chance they get, what is with this idea that Women get to be feminine and masculine and dominate both ends. Its not rocket science , men and women are equal but have different things that they naturally excel at. I don't expect men on average to beat women in femininity anymore than I expect women to beat men out in masculinity.
@@danielledavidoski4076 This story would make a far more interesting film. The truth is always complicated it would help if we bothered to tell the whole story.
Until I saw this trailer, I never in my life knew that I wanted to see Viola Davis as a goddamn badass warrior. Now I know and I am so *excited* to see this in theaters.
@@SKMonatshiebe Yawn ...
I a agree
@@SKMonatshiebe These women are portrayed as Strong not Masculine.
56 yrs is not old and being a role model has no age limit
Your ideas of femininity, ageism, beauty are old and tiring refrains from an era we are moving away from.. wake up & keep up.
@@SKMonatshiebe Why you don't have the same attitude of all these old azz action actors? Denzel Washington for example, was definitely 50+ when The Book Of Eli came out, or how about The Equalizer? I bet you don't even look at the TV series with Queen Latifah. I'm glad Viola is in this role. I hope more black actresses start spreading into roles that black girls can be empowered by. Not all black girls and women look up to rappers like boys do. Your perspective is definitely outdated or just lack the mental capacity to think like that.
@@khismet I always wanted even Vivica Fox to go more into martial arts roles or action genres more when Kill Bill came out. Looks like Viola is taking care of her body....
The Dahomey were not heroes, but villain's and brutal slavers. Their warriors could not compete against European warfare and were destroyed in their first battel by the French. They continued to try an capture and sale slaves, but were stopped from exporting by British blockages.
Why was there Colonialism, after the transatlantic slave trade. The Romans had slaves. Yes African had slavery amongst themselves, but did they ensue mass genocide when they sold their people to Caucasians? Greed, profit, was the part of all monarchist led systems. The point is the Europeans came looking as the criminals they sent as indentured workers to Australia and the American colonies couldn't hack it. They created a monster! These women were strong despite failing in battle against the French who eventually colonized them. Africa would have been the same as China, Europe and America if their wasn't money and racial deceitful carnage, and bamboozlement and that the point!
Hollywood fantasy, meet reality!
from what i read they were not destroyed in their first battle with the french.
@@BattleStar_Yolettica Read again
Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
This looks fucking amazing and hero I can’t believe that’s him lol how far he’s come and viola omg omg badass 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
it's like no matter how the world tries to break them you will always feel brave and fight back to protect your country and your families
They have found again a way to portray (Dark skinned) black women as masculine and not feminine, Like in black panther. As an example, Why didn’t they choose a woman like Gwendoline Christie to play wonderwoman but instead they took a former miss Israel, to portray the beautiful and strength of the Caucasian women. Viola Davis is 56 year old. That is too old, but if it was about to portray Jeanne d’arc they would chose someone equivalent to Meghan Good or Gabrielle Union! it is always the same, They are pretending to uplift black women, but behind all of this there is just wickedness, cunning… pure evil, I DO NOT THINK THAT A 15 or 17 year old black girl, would like to identify herself to someone who looks exactly the same as her grandmother. Stripper Meghan thee stallion, or would like to bleach her skin like Rihanna or Nikki Minaj, instead as taking a 56 year old as a Role model.
@@SKMonatshiebe Yeah. But then I won't blame Hollywood for this. Black people really needed to be the ones to create their own movies. You begged them and this is what you get. And black male roles are effeminate too. Go support The Little Mermaid with Halle Bailey.
@@SKMonatshiebe Yep! They love to masculinazine dark skinned women, and black women in general, they brainwash with the strong black woman stereotype. More Hollywood drivel. Lol. Glad someone else sees thru it!
@@tommydingo1h547
Protect your country? Maybe. Fight to preserve slavery? 100%. These are your heroes, tommydingo, maybe read up about their contributions to the slave trade by enslaving & selling their own people.
I cannot wait to watch it.And i am so happy to see Thuso Mbhedu in this movie .We will always be proud of her. Make your family proud .You deserve everything
Our South African Chikita Thuso Mbedu representing us extraordinary.
They have found again a way to portray (Dark skinned) black women as masculine and not feminine, Like in black panther. As an example, Why didn’t they choose a woman like Gwendoline Christie to play wonderwoman but instead they took a former miss Israel, to portray the beautiful and strength of the Caucasian women. Viola Davis is 56 year old. That is too old, but if it was about to portray Jeanne d’arc they would chose someone equivalent to Meghan Good or Gabrielle Union! it is always the same, They are pretending to uplift black women, but behind all of this there is just wickedness, cunning… pure evil, I DO NOT THINK THAT A 15 or 17 year old black girl, would like to identify herself to someone who looks exactly the same as her grandmother. Stripper Meghan thee stallion, or would like to bleach her skin like Rihanna or Nikki Minaj, instead as taking a 56 year old as a Role model.
@@SKMonatshiebe Do you even know the history of the Dahomey tribe because you're reaching? Go research the tribe first and see what they all look like and stood for. This isn't a fictional tribe, unlike Wonder Woman who is fictional. These were powerful women warrior tribes in Dahomey Africa, which is present-day, Benin.
Image how many times this movie made thomas sowell eyes roll 😂😂
Goosebumps, tears and pride I’m so happy they finally made this a movie and Viola Davis can’t do no wrong especially in this role I’m so excited 😆
Same. I read about these women and thank god they are going to be recognized more now. Just one of many historical representations that need to happen.
@@RodneyDodson
Doubt you actually read about them, otherwise you wouldn’t be celebrating these monsters who fought to preserve slavery.
The real tribe had sold so many of it's men off to slave traders and lost the rest in wars the women were the only ones left. Sure the movie won't mention that though.
@@rontronimous don’t need it to it takes like I said 2 hrs to tell a whole story not enough time but anyone who can read can look the rest up thanks for your input
@@rontronimous yes, many of the African tribes sold slaves. Is that in the movie too?
I wonder if they’ll reference this little nugget in the movie…….Both domestic slavery and the Atlantic slave trade were important to the economy of Dahomey (that’s Violas character, she is a Dahomey Amazon)Men, women, and children captured by Dahomey in wars and slave raids were sold to European slave traders in exchange for various goods such as rifles, gunpowder, textiles, cowry shells, and alcohol. Dahomey used magical rituals for slave trading. Prior to being sold to Europeans, slaves were forced to march in circles around the "Tree of Forgetfulness" so they would lose memories of their culture, family, and homeland. The purpose of this ritual was to prevent the spirits of the slaves from returning and seeking revenge against the royalty of Dahomey.Other war captives who were not intended to be sold to Europeans remained in Dahomey as slaves. There, they worked on royal plantations that supplied food for the army and royal court, and they were reserved for human sacrifice in the Annual Customs of Dahomey.
Are u asking to cast negativity or to have a true to form story? Did they include every history fact in the movie roman inspired movies?
I am still seeking resources. I want resources from different perspectives because now we have learned that resources from whites often whitewash stories or lie to force a narrative they want portrayed. So I want to learn from an African historian's perspective too.
@@magsbayou not negativ but factual, I haven't seen a movie that make the Roma's the good guys when encountering other nation. What it's now UK literally had to bleed then out of their land. Spartacuss, Viriato Arminius even Cleopatra's tragedy. Show how brutal they were. Doesn't mean the Dahomani Amazon where not a thing of legends. They where incredible
@@magsbayou yes I mean slavery has never been hiden
The Dahomey did not just own slaves. They raided other African tribes, took people captive, broke them of their free will and marched them to the coast to be sold (the ones they didn’t keep for themselves that is). European slave traders would have had no slaves to buy and bring to the Americas if not for the help of kingdoms like Dahomey. Mrs. Davis character is a warrior in service to this kingdom and it’s practices. I would assume took part in those very raids. And I bet you don’t see a single person in bondage in this whole movie, even though they were common place in this kingdom. If you want to be brutally honest about history what’s good for the goose is good for the gander. Jus sayin.
I love the part where she pretends to be a substitute teacher and starts teaching the whole class to Rock!!!!
🤣
Dont you insult Jack Black like that
😂😂😂
I will never 👎🏾 watch a movie based on lies not interested lol
@@freethinker2697 Man.. take a knee... Hollywood is based on lying and stretching facts to where there unrecognizable. But this, this is worse than lying, this is opposite Birth of a Nation bullshite
I've been hoping they would make a movie about these warrior women for decades. And now they have! Viola Davis is a badass.
You like slavers?
But happened to them?
Right!!!
@@dannwan8537 colonialism happened
Viola Davis should get a cross over to black Panter an becomes the new black Panter
Had goosebumps watching this trailer. Excited and love that African stories are now being embraced.
They have found again a way to portray (Dark skinned) black women as masculine and not feminine, Like in black panther. As an example, Why didn’t they choose a woman like Gwendoline Christie to play wonderwoman but instead they took a former miss Israel, to portray the beautiful and strength of the Caucasian women. Viola Davis is 56 year old. That is too old, but if it was about to portray Jeanne d’arc they would chose someone equivalent to Meghan Good or Gabrielle Union! it is always the same, They are pretending to uplift black women, but behind all of this there is just wickedness, cunning… pure evil, I DO NOT THINK THAT A 15 or 17 year old black girl, would like to identify herself to someone who looks exactly the same as her grandmother. Stripper Meghan thee stallion, or would like to bleach her skin like Rihanna or Nikki Minaj, instead as taking a 56 year old as a Role model.
@@SKMonatshiebe same in Buzz lightyear and jurassic world 3
@@SKMonatshiebe glad we are finally waking up to these stereotype of dark skinned black women, always portrayed as aggressive, combative, loud mouth, and unattractive short hair( short hair is beautiful too),
I am with you on this sister....I don't even know what tribe they are showing, thousands of different diverse tribe on the continent of Africa! And I can't relate to the story they are telling to portray the whole of African women. The women in my tribes are definitely not fighters and aggressive like this at all!!!
@@africanayasmin6210 This movie is based on the so called true event. The women are from the tribe of Dahomey in Benin republic (west Africa).
We are the laughing store of the west and they continue to do this. You should see the reactions of Chinese when they are misrepresented in western aka hollywood films. But us we embrace distortions of our history. This trailer alone shows how the film veers from historical facts and casts Africans from West Africa speaking in a South African accent. We should condemn this and not celebrate this. Watch the original "Sarraounia" by Med Hondo.
I fell like I’ve been waiting my whole life for this movie! What a blessed generation our children have despite the new battles. 💕
Yessss power
another movie produced by a white person to convince women they are masculine. that is why 1/4 black women will be married. Alpha men dont want alpha women and Alpha women dont want betas. So you get nothing.
You’ve been waiting for a movie about people who conducted raids to capture slaves & fought to preserve slavery of their own race? Lol.. okay buddy
Dahomey's entire culture existed based on slavery. Africans enslaving Africans.
😂😂😂yeah, let's celebrate one of Africa's most notorious slaver tribes. It's amazing how yall are all excited to watch a film about the tribe that probably sold your ancestors into slavery.
I am getting black panther vibes... And loving it!! When I watched the marvel movie I was thinking of how great it would be to tell the story of the African continent.. We have had so much about Victorian wars, Roman Era, Asian, Greek etc so that's a refreshing twist..
not to blackwashing please also not to white washing on the other hand
trust me we haven't seen anything on the asian continent also; there were some epic battles.
@@funnysungames546 A story should contain characters that can truly convey it. Diversity is important yet at the same time not required to tell all stories. If a movie is about the Amish, how silly would it be to have forced diversity when focused solely on their community? I have never seen a black Amish person. I am not saying they don't exist and if they do, it would be very new to me!
Interesting little fact, the Dora Milaje in Black Panther were actually based on the Dahomey Warriors. I read about them a few years ago and I am so happy they are making a film about them.
@@sinkalaj yes. Actually the mythology of the black panther was based on their culture. I remember Lupita N'yongo interviewed members of their village.
Everyone is loving Viola Davis in this, and I certainly agree with them, but it's also good to see John Boyega get his due. Ain't nobody gonna Disney+ him!
You are Bart Simpson's aunt right? LOL
ahahahahaha facttssssss!!!
Damn right
YES!!!!!
So true
The woman who raised the First Emperor of Haiti Jean-Jacques Dessalines was a Dahomey warrior name Abdaraya Toya but the colonizer who quote on quote owned her named her Victoria Montou. Queen Marie Louise of Haiti had a group of woman call the Amazon that were her personal guards during her husband King Henri Christophe's reign. These women came on a slave ship from Benin and they dropped them in Haiti by accident,at the time Haiti was already independent and they swore to defend the Royal family of Haiti at the time with their life. When the Kingdom collapsed they never left the town where the palace was and all lot of their descendent are still there in the town of Milot,Cap-Haitien,Haiti!
Teach on.
Wow amazing story another great story that should be done
The African-Americans audience will be cheering for the people, who may have literally captured and sold their ancestors. The Dahomeyans were notorious slavers, who traded with Europeans and Americans until the British Navy put a stop to it. The last American slave ship, the Clotlida was loaded up in Dahomey. Their last known victim, Matilda McCrear died in 1940 in Alabama.
The irony of this the British literally had American colonizers up until 1776 I think the only reason the British did that was so they could own it themselves and yes they were African tribes that sold there own sadly but NOT all of them did and that was greed majority of why other people took others land and sold people greed what do u expect when trespassing on other people territory very few people will give u a warm welcome....
@@janderson947
So if not all the tribes practiced slavery then why are they making the movie about the tribe that definitely did?
Reminds of when the Democrats in congress all wore Kinte clothes from a tribe that sold slaves to commemorate... George Floyd.
History should be told, the good and the bad. It contributes towards not repeating the bad parts.
History was told in reverse! American blacks were already here blacks were everywhere and the Europeans colonized every dam thing !!!! It’s in the books!!!!
I predict an Oscar winning movie..Best Oscar for Best movie, Director, Best Actress
Oscars will probably only go to white people behind the film. The concept in theory is nice but it is not what people think it is. This movie is just another attempt at milking the cow. POC don't need another slave story retold. YAWN
White guilt
Nah lol. I hope not anyway. This movie is probably just progressive nonsense
No doubt… This film checks all the intersex boxes … 😆
@Chris son of Ruths, what has this to do with white guilt?
This is one of the BEST MOVIES I'VE SEEN...IT MOVED ME
Love Viola Davis she is bad a$$ in every movie she's in!
Can't wait to see this movie!
Woman are stronger then you think, women are bad a$$!
Yes she’s a great actress ! Can’t wait to see it woman power !! 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏻💪🏽💪🏾💪🏿
Dawg at least say that on a group that actually won
@@Jose_Doe Not only that, make a film about a group of women that won and weren’t a bunch of fucking mass slavers.
They have found again a way to portray (Dark skinned) black women as masculine and not feminine, Like in black panther. As an example, Why didn’t they choose a woman like Gwendoline Christie to play wonderwoman but instead they took a former miss Israel, to portray the beautiful and strength of the Caucasian women. Viola Davis is 56 year old. That is too old, but if it was about to portray Jeanne d’arc they would chose someone equivalent to Meghan Good or Gabrielle Union! it is always the same, They are pretending to uplift black women, but behind all of this there is just wickedness, cunning… pure evil, I DO NOT THINK THAT A 15 or 17 year old black girl, would like to identify herself to someone who looks exactly the same as her grandmother. Stripper Meghan thee stallion, or would like to bleach her skin like Rihanna or Nikki Minaj, instead as taking a 56 year old as a Role model.
@@Jose_Doe I bet you loved the movie The 300, you know they were losers too right?
I experienced actual goosebumps within the first few seconds of watching this🤩😍❤️🔥I'm so ready!!
Themyscira meets wakanda
@@robertmoffit1135 Your comment is perfect! You've perfectly encapsulated the vibes❤️🔥💃🏾✨
@@robertmoffit1135 Nope, more like KKK meet NAZI 🤣🤣
The part when this african kingdom sold other africans as slaves was just so inspiring.
Nazi propaganda enjoyer, go watch avengers or smth
@@Stellasan1000 tf is wrong with the avengers
@@RudySX everything
My God! This looks like the most empowering movie ever. I just wanna grab my sword and slay my enemies! 🤭 But seriously... The images, the music, the acting - all looks amazing. Got goosebumps.
Goosebumps? Empowering? Fascinating. You realize you’re cheering for amazons who helped enslave their own people against Europeans who sought to dismantle the Atlantic slave trade, right? Lol.
You shouldn't celebrate slavers like that.
🤣😂💯🙏🏼🦉🌈
So empowering that 417 of these female warriors died to the French, meanwhile the French only lost 6 men hahahhaha.
Empowering??...Wtf u need all this "power" for mam
OHH SHIT I GOT GOOSEBUMPS !!!! And to think that its based on a true story is even more exhilarating!
Gran actriz Viola Davis,anotaré verla en su estreno en Argentina,parecer será espectacular muchos la verán en cines,good luck to the film
What about it is true?
They have found again a way to portray (Dark skinned) black women as masculine and not feminine, Like in black panther. As an example, Why didn’t they choose a woman like Gwendoline Christie to play wonderwoman but instead they took a former miss Israel, to portray the beautiful and strength of the Caucasian women. Viola Davis is 56 year old. That is too old, but if it was about to portray Jeanne d’arc they would chose someone equivalent to Meghan Good or Gabrielle Union! it is always the same, They are pretending to uplift black women, but behind all of this there is just wickedness, cunning… pure evil, I DO NOT THINK THAT A 15 or 17 year old black girl, would like to identify herself to someone who looks exactly the same as her grandmother. Stripper Meghan thee stallion, or would like to bleach her skin like Rihanna or Nikki Minaj, instead as taking a 56 year old as a Role model.
@@Qwerty-jy9mj They are the female warriors behind the inspiration of the Dora Milajie from what I read even prior to this movie being announced. Actually, the whole mythology of the Black Panther came from this country in Africa. However, you can google if you choose to and read for yourself. I think the only thing that seems false is the language and the accent.
@@SKMonatshiebe The Dahomey were warriors, not beauty queens. This is how a warrior would look or are you so used to the watered down, glossed over version of powerful women that hollywood has fed you? If you read about the Dahomey warriors, you'll find that some of the women were "involuntarily enrolled" if their husbands or fathers thought they were too disruptive. So essentially most of these women became warriors because they refused to bend to a mans will and here you are, complaining that they aren't pretty enough. And don't you ever disrespect Ms Viola Davis again!
This Is the story of Yaa Asantewaa . A warrior from The Ashanti Kingdom located in present-day West Africa Ghana. This story is still being told in our schools. This is our story as Africans and Ghanaians to be precise.
Thuso Mbedu😍🔥!! Our South African gem 💎🇿🇦... Lots of love from Bots 🇧🇼
Love seeing Viola Davis in such an amazing role
The growth of Dahomey coincided with the growth of the Atlantic slave trade, and it became known to Europeans as a major supplier of slaves. As a highly militaristic kingdom constantly organised for warfare, it captured children, women, and men during wars and raids against neighboring societies, and sold them into the Atlantic slave trade
In the 1840s, Dahomey began to face decline with British pressure to abolish the slave trade, which included the British Royal Navy imposing a naval blockade against the kingdom and enforcing anti-slavery patrols near its coast
finally someone who knows the actual history! but they most likely will not touch on the real events even though its supposed to be on real events. those woman werent anything to look up to weird how ppl think this is inspiring there were only woman mostly cause they had sold all the men.
Why was there Colonialism, after the transatlantic slave trade. The Romans had slaves. Yes African had slavery amongst themselves, but did they ensue mass genocide when they sold their people to Caucasians? Greed, profit, was the part of all monarchist led systems. The point is the Europeans came looking as the criminals they sent as indentured workers to Australia and the American colonies couldn't hack it. They created a monster! These women were strong despite failing in battle against the French who eventually colonized them. Africa would have been the same as China, Europe and America if their wasn't money and racial deceitful carnage, and bamboozlement and that the point!
You don't know this people
They are very smart and calculative
Ghana: Ashanti empire, Nigeria: Oyo empire, Benin Republic: kingdom of Dahomey
These where some of the kingdoms that participated in the slave trade.
What the whites did was that, if they come to you and you refuse to sell slaves to them, they will go to the next kingdom and buy slaves and exchange it with guns.
As a result, those other kingdoms become more powerful than the ones that refuse to sell slaves
So in other to stay strong(having guns) you have to sell slaves otherwise your neighboring kingdoms will be stronger than you and may one day invade.
That was the technique they used.
Hey, quick question, who bought those slaves and transported them all over the world?
@@obiabamba4867 Ok...so you're saying the africans were forced to sell slaves? So why had they already been doing it for centuries before they ever laid eyes on a white person?
and why are they still doing it today?
The only race of man to ever end slavery entirely within its spehere of influence is also the only race villified for engaging in it...and examples of the ending it are twisted to make the actual villains appear to be heroes...
its fucking insane.
Many Black people living in the West are cheering for a movie about a tribe that sold their ancestors into slavery and fought Britain when they were trying to end it.
The growth of Dahomey coincided with the growth of the Atlantic slave trade, and it became known to Europeans as a major supplier of slaves.
As a highly militaristic kingdom constantly organised for warfare, it
captured children, women, and men during wars and raids against
neighboring societies, and sold them into the Atlantic slave trade in
exchange for European goods such as rifles, gunpowder, fabrics, cowrie shells, tobacco, pipes, and alcohol.
Other remaining captives became slaves in Dahomey, where they worked on
royal plantations and were routinely mass executed in large-scale human sacrifices during the festival celebrations known as the Annual Customs of Dahomey.
Love, we are just excited to watch the movie. We can't go back in time and change history.
YES! YES! YES! I HAVE BEEN HOPING THAT A MOVIE WOULD BE MADE OF THEM! *Screams with happiness!!!*
The slavers who immediately got slaughtered when they faced Europeans? OMG squeeeee!
They have found again a way to portray (Dark skinned) black women as masculine and not feminine, Like in black panther. As an example, Why didn’t they choose a woman like Gwendoline Christie to play wonderwoman but instead they took a former miss Israel, to portray the beautiful and strength of the Caucasian women. Viola Davis is 56 year old. That is too old, but if it was about to portray Jeanne d’arc they would chose someone equivalent to Meghan Good or Gabrielle Union! it is always the same, They are pretending to uplift black women, but behind all of this there is just wickedness, cunning… pure evil, I DO NOT THINK THAT A 15 or 17 year old black girl, would like to identify herself to someone who looks exactly the same as her grandmother. Stripper Meghan thee stallion, or would like to bleach her skin like Rihanna or Nikki Minaj, instead as taking a 56 year old as a Role model.
@@SKMonatshiebe dassa faaaaaaacct!!! Fuk dis feminist azz movie
I HAVE BEEN HOPING THAT A MOVIE like this BE MADE OF real women like yourself! We "WOMEN" raising babies and still fighting off demons is not easy as the #1 soft target in this country FBA
@@mrs.carmen3839 man if you don't shut dat "ima stroooooooo000NG black woman" feminist bs up. 🤮
Honestly thought she said “we are the homies”. Lmao
The Kingdom of Dahomey bought weapons from Europeans, in return providing them with a steady supply of black slaves captured during numerous military expeditions, becoming a distribution center for living goods. I wonder if they will mention it in the film?
MAYBE? Do they mention it in every movie with the Romans...or Europeans in general?
@@unicornsrice1667 Do they have to talk about the obvious? Even you know it.
Ignore the part where they claim this is inspired by a true story. The fights they are referring to happened in the 1890s. Both sides had guns and the Africans were NOT dressed like that. The Europeans were also using steam ships by this point, not sailing ships. Also, their enemies were the French, not the English. The English did blockade the country in the 1840s while trying to enforce a prohibition on slavery but that didn't result in a land war. As mentioned by others the Dahomey had been made wealthy by being slave traders, were known for regularly raiding neighboring villages and tribes for the purpose of taking slaves, and were still doing so in 1890. They also routinely used their slaves for human sacrifices during the "Annual Customs of Dahomey". Lastly, and SPOILER ALERT, they lose to the French despite the Dahomey Amazons having "handled admirably" and their "incredible courage and audacity" according to the French.
The French wiped out the bulk of the Dahomey Amazons in repeated bayonet charges in a single day.
@@johnpauljones9310 The samurai of Edo Japan were defeated just as easily by Western firearms as well to bring about the Meiji Era. Who’s dumping on their memory? Apparently not you.
@@harleyquinn5774 The samurai were defeated by a Japanese military using western firearms and tactics. The Dahomey Amazons were wiped out by the French army via bayonet charges. They are not the same thing and you're a liar for implying they are. LOL
Inspiration doesn't mean a literal recreation of a story. It means Inspiration lol
@@kilaa3417 Feel-good Hollywood garbage. The French overran them with bayonets and wiped them out in a single day.
Viola Davis my one and only favorite female actress undisputed..love you my queen you always bring 🔥
Yes, 💩IS an important commodity.
We have so many amazing true stories in our culture, I am very happy to see them start showing what's been hidden from most. Plus, I always loved the story and history of the Dahomey.
I read the history of the Dahomey when I was a child.....my parents made it a priority that I know the history of my people before.....during.....after the institution of slavery......My parents made sure that I always understood that there was greatness in the history and culture of my people.......I am now 69 years of age.......the historical facts being shared in various mediums today regarding the history and culture of my people are by no means new information to me.........I take great pride in that.......during Jim Crow, my parents made it possible for me to know the great history and culture of my people......Native Black Americans
Then you must love the fact that the biggest source of income of the Dahomey was the atlantic slave trade, and the british fought them to put an end to it.
America Doesn't want you to know this, this is why they work so hard to remove critical race theory within American Education, but not Gone With The Wind. 🤮 or John Wayne Movies.🤮
Everybody hold on and support this film no matter what, because the hate-mongers American Righ Wing Neocons, Fox News is going to spin this to cause more diversion among all of us.
Protect yourself and you're loved ones while supporting this film.
We all might not wear ⌚Watches like we use to, but we better know what time it is.
@@valeriareed7234 "Your people" are no longer related to you and would gladly sell you again.
@@valeriareed7234 I might be completely misread on the topic... but didn't Dahomey literally sell Africans from neighbouring tribes to Europeans?
As much as I love Viola Davis, I will not back this movie. Hollywood loves to subliminally "say" things through imagery and code language. They are basically saying to black women and girls, we see you as masculine. The strong black woman trope. This is not good for our image. Why are we not portrayed as the love interest in movies? They show white women as girly and feminine but not us. It's always struggle love or us fighting the good fight battle for others which strips us of our femininity and womanhood. I'm sick of it. Nope. Hollywood I see you and I'm not buying.
Why was there Colonialism, after the transatlantic slave trade. The Romans had slaves. Yes African had slavery amongst themselves, but did they ensue mass genocide when they sold their people to Caucasians? Greed, profit, was the part of all monarchist led systems. The point is the Europeans came looking as the criminals they sent as indentured workers to Australia and the American colonies couldn't hack it. They created a monster! These women were strong despite failing in battle against the French who eventually colonized them. Africa would have been the same as China, Europe and America if their wasn't money and racial deceitful carnage, and bamboozlement and that the point!
Please give Viola Davis Oscar for BEST ACTRESS of 2023. Period.
lmao
You're joking right 😂 this movie flooded because the history was wrong from this film it only made 32,000,000 in the box office nobody really wants to see a movie based on lies.
Movie based on lies, woman king? I think they mean queen
@@freethinker2697 Troll
I am so glad the Dahomey are getting this spotlight. They were military tacticians in their day. Viola Davis was a perfect choice to tell this story!
The Dahomey fought to keep slavery and enslaved countless Africans and sold them away.
Really is she an African a Nigeria Dahomey are Yoruba,efik,and tiv tribe
Do you support the Dahomey being slave raiders? Do you find that inspiring and female empowering?
@@supersnapp I find that your “attempt” at causing conflict won’t work. I wrote that they were military tacticians. I am fully aware that becoming part of the kings guard was voluntary adjacent. I didn’t say anything about support or inspiring. There were many army’s throughout history that were tacticians while committing atrocities. The Dahomey was one of many.
@@Native-Kitty You are happy that slave raiders are being promoted by Hollywood because you think that being a slave raider is ok as long as that slave raider is either black or a woman. That is consistent with other blacks I have debated that support slavery or look the other way because under black ideas, slavery is only slavery if the slave owner is white. There is slavery in Africa today, and American blacks don't want it discussed. Were they great tacticians though? Why is it that the people who were so "inspired" by the Dahomey Amazons don't seem to list their actual performance. How did they perform against European troops? Why were they so easily defeated by the French? Do you think the movie will show them being so easily defeated? Probably not right? Bad for the girl power vibe. And you are also leaving out that Hollywood is positioning the Dahomey fighting against slavery, when they fought for slavery. So you are rooting for slavers -- because they are black and female. If the Dahomey are going to be elevated, then we also need to elevate the Japanese Imperial Military.
Other than the tragically contemporary music in the trailer and that hugely cliche line "Some things are worth fighting for" this trailer looks badass
I’d rather they chose epic orchestrated music instead with an African motif. But ok…Maybe during the movie they’ll have that.
@@kingofhearts1072 We can hope!
@@kingofhearts1072 I really hope so!
This whole amazing trailer and my only takeaway was "Who was that sleeping with the Colonizer?!" 🥴😂
Saw her too..seems like the new recruit. She is damn naive
It wasn't a colonizer it looks like one of the men from her tribe
They have found again a way to portray (Dark skinned) black women as masculine and not feminine, Like in black panther. As an example, Why didn’t they choose a woman like Gwendoline Christie to play wonderwoman but instead they took a former miss Israel, to portray the beautiful and strength of the Caucasian women. Viola Davis is 56 year old. That is too old, but if it was about to portray Jeanne d’arc they would chose someone equivalent to Meghan Good or Gabrielle Union! it is always the same, They are pretending to uplift black women, but behind all of this there is just wickedness, cunning… pure evil, I DO NOT THINK THAT A 15 or 17 year old black girl, would like to identify herself to someone who looks exactly the same as her grandmother. Stripper Meghan thee stallion, or would like to bleach her skin like Rihanna or Nikki Minaj, instead as taking a 56 year old as a Role model.
The Indians were black the slept with the colonizer!!! We were already in American! Read and stop Letting Hollywood play mind games.
@@raycraig2231 Watch the trailer again
I wondered when someone would make a movie about her! This is awesome! I taught my daughter about her years ago!
I already wondered if this story has some inspiration from history. I am curious do you mind telling me about the story of this woman :) ?
@@blackhagalaz I believe this movie is about the Dahomey warriors who were an elite group of woman "Amazon's" within the Dahomey kingdom during the 18th century to the early 1900's. I really suggest googling them because it is a very interesting story.
@@jliverman6302 Cool thank you thats very interesting. I will definitely check them out as well as the movie. I love to read about strong female characters like these :)
@@blackhagalaz
Cool. You should read about how these ruthless slavers were brutally massacred by the French in every single battle they fought. And how they enslaved their own people, and fought to preserve slavery as an institution. BLM, right?
@@soundwavesuperior28 Hopefully you're not in denial about Christianity and its brutal history...in reality, with a username like that.
U know it's good when even the trailer gives u goosebumps 👏👏
Oh my god. I LOVE Viola Davis, but I did not expect for a second to see her being such a badass. Her power only increases!
They should make a movie about Nzinga Mbande- she was an African Queen and Warrior from Angola 🇦🇴 who lived from 1553 to 1663 , she was a huge warrior, she killed the throne sucessor and became the Queen forcing the white Colonizers to take her serious. When I saw the trailer I thought the movie was about Nzinga Mbande. Africa had amazing female Warriors.
Everybody is getting goosebumps lol, I got them before during and after the trailer lol. I remember seeing some documentary years ago about these warrior women, some even called them amazons. Can't wait to see this movie, good thing I was born in September lol
What part of them being slave traders and committing genocide gave you goosebumps?
@@hottuna2006 Sarcasm incoming, reading your reply gave me goosebumps, why so triggered? 😆 🤣 😂
@@Cybercity8883 Why do you care so much?
@@hottuna2006 you commented on my reply and you are confirming you are triggered and woke, let's keep it going 😅😂
@@Cybercity8883 Sure. Your turn.
I am overjoyed that this film was made. I will see this film that speaks of a time when women were the best warriors and leaders the earth had. Kick it girls, show them who we are.
Lol, nah, these wannabe amazons existed in the lifetimes of Von Moltke, Grant, Stonewall, Sherman, Togo, and Ōyama Iwao. Not to mention the French generals and soldiers who massacred them. The biggest mistake France made was not Russia, the Nivelle Offensive, or even WW2. It was allowing these enslavers to live.
That time you're talking about never existed lol
Besides that statement, the title alone is already a slap in the to African men. 🙄
What? Do you actually know what period this was because women were not the best warriors or leaders.
They lost both wars against the French and they were led by the king of Dahomey
the only reason they had women warrios is cause the dahomey sold most of the men to slavery the werent the best at fight there were what was left
To be a warrior , you must kill the tears- I felt that , real hard. Something my grandmother would say to me . I am literally going to represent and go as the bad-ass warrior I know that I am !!!! Blackness in pure glory. This is about to be epic on a cosmic scale and I am here for all of it!!! War cry - I am ready !!!!!!!
While I agree with you and excited for the movie; I find that this is what is hurting us as black woman. Shed those tears and present our feelings because holding it in is killing some of us with stress, heart attacks and strokes.
What's Dahomey warrior warcry?, "FOR THE RIGHT TO ENSLAVED OTHER BLACK PEOPLE"
@@mattiewilliams1138 , true but plenty of times , I personally had to hold back the tears and buck up and do what was needed to become my own warrior.
@@jameslevin9720 for fuck's sake!
Do some historical research before you make a movie about the DaHomey empire…they were one of the BIGGEST slave traders in Africa, just sayin’ not the best empire to exemplify Black Power
As a young African, this is the second movie After Black Panther that sparks so much emotion and anticipation in me. I can't wait, it's Firaah!!
This movie is bullshit lol,.
you realize you are rooting for the villain's that sold your eldged people into slavery right? actually study history don't watch movies for it.
Is that turning to the dark side of the force 🤔
Yeah that’s the point, no actual facts, just emotion.
@@aelitastones3110 It's funny how you do not mention the ones who crossed the sea countless times with the clear intention to enslave fellow human beings, took advantage of tribal wars among my people, incentivized the trade, bought my people, and kept them in bondage for centuries, made money out of their blood, and then proceeded to write about the one-sided "History" account of their lucrative journey in Africa that you probably read and in which I guess they would obviously omit the boats where it started and the city and economies and countries built from it and most importantly ignore the chapter about reparations but instead focus on the Black on Black Crime...( sorry I couldn't help) It was more complex than we would like to admit it Starting from the Arabs slave traders and the Muslim empire expansion in Africa up to the European's quest for a fortune in Africa... And the main reason why I applaud this movie is that it's to me an attempt to start a much-needed dialogue by dealing with the complex reality of slavery in Africa through the lens of tribal warfare and ethnic conflicts. It does not deny the involvement of the kingdom of Dahomey in the slave trade, yet it shows, as we should expect from such a structured society with military wisdom, that at some point someone smart enough would notice the obvious, which is that selling their own or their tribal enemy to slavery only weakens them and profit to the ones who crossed the sea to enslave fellow human being. Plus as a young African, beyond the cinematic blah blah blah, it's a clear reminder that outsiders can only take advantage of us when we fight each other.
The Dahomey kingdom was built on slave labour and was a major centre in the Atlantic slave trade, until 1852 when the British imposed a naval embargo to stop it. I hope this will be shown in the movie. Human sacrifice and cannibalism was also a great part of the culture. The women warriors, along with the men would go on night raids into other villages and capture all the villagers who were then taken and sold as slaves, with some of the women trained as warriors. The women warriors were allowed to smoke and drink which the men weren’t permitted to do. Showing them only fighting the French is ignoring the greater part of their history.
I think transatlantic slavery is a bit more complex than this in the view of the people who were affected by it. Unfortunately, the story has been told merely by those who started it, meaning the Europeans. What we don't need is more on the "white gaze" on that and let the Africans deal with the story of their ancestors, with the pain and complexity it involves. So if you are one of them, I would encourage you to dig into your ancestral African culture and communicate accordingly. If you are not, please don't colonize other cultures' storytelling. And please don't even start with "but I'm just sharing an opinion," if you aren't from Benin. It's just what the Europeans have been doing with Africa for centuries: meddling.
@@lindabb7064 Ahh yes this person who is probably not White(but if they are, still doesn’t matter) who is sharing actual historical information about the Kingdom of Dahomey is colonizing their story because addressing the issue that this movie is most likely whitewashing their history. I mean I love Viola Davis and who knows this movie could be great! But regardless, painting them as some kind of liberators of Africa is just intellectually dishonest since they were one of the key players in the transatlantic slave trade. As well used the Europeans to help destroy and conquer other African peoples.
@@lindabb7064 You said a mouthful. Thanks for that.
@@lindabb7064 Nothing Megan said is wrong. I don't typically get irritated with movies, but the way this is being depicted is spitting in the face of black people in America. I know now that my ancestors came from that general region, where they were captured and sold into slavery. They're just as responsible as the Europeans for that reason. You should read about the Dahomey kingdom.
@@MegaEvilsaurus66 I agree with you. I am Liberian. Descended from, both, freed slaves and natives of that region who were oppressed by freed slaves. Sure it's a complex story, but if we brush parts of history aside, we can easily repeat it. We should tell the story, and tell it whole.
I am Agojie!! This movie came just in time to remind the world who women are and can be!!!! Bow queen Viola girl you rocked this role hard!
This looks so good! Hollywood doesn’t need to make anymore sad slave movies after this. Our history surpasses slavery by thousands of years.
What do you mean, this film is about slavers, and I'm not talking about the Europeans
Lol what do you mean? This tribe & these amazons wanted to preserve slavery because it was their way of life. They enslaved their own people and sold them to whites.
This looks absolutely insane🥺🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Everyone on here shouting about their goosebumps, when I hope y'all know that the Dahomey empire was one that perpetuated and built itself up on the practice of enslaving their neighbors. The conflict here is that those intolerant Europeans put a stop to the practice. Hopefully next we get movies about the Barbary Pirates and the Moors. Cause, ya know, "Tell the whole story" and all dat. ;)
Give Ms Davis all the awards rn...
GOOSEBUMPS!!!!!!!! I will be watching this in the cinema! I cant wait! Finally a film about these amazing warriors!
Why was there Colonialism, after the transatlantic slave trade. The Romans had slaves. Yes African had slavery amongst themselves, but did they ensue mass genocide when they sold their people to Caucasians? Greed, profit, was the part of all monarchist led systems. The point is the Europeans came looking as the criminals they sent as indentured workers to Australia and the American colonies couldn't hack it. They created a monster! These women were strong despite failing in battle against the French who eventually colonized them. Africa would have been the same as China, Europe and America if their wasn't money and racial deceitful carnage, and bamboozlement and that the point!
You will be dissapointed, like I was.
These people are literally slavers
4,543 people shot in Chicago last year, 278 of them Children 16 or younger.
I'm ALL for movies that have positive role models that young children of African heritage can look up to.
Not convinced that a role model of violence and racial division is the right call, nor do I think those kids in Chicago and elsewhere will be better off for it.
Bumboclaaaaat this is the movie I've been waiting my whole life for. Finally, we're expanding on black stories. We were more than slaves. We were royalty. We were warriors. Viola Davis deserves to be the lead. I'm so excited about this. Wow.
Lol, ironic that you claim you were more than slaves, when these wannabe amazons fought to preserve slavery because their kingdom’s economy was too reliant upon the institution when the British tried to abolish it.
@@soundwavesuperior28 No, they fought against the French because France was an ally of their enemy called Porto Novo.
@@Niani23455
No, they fought the French because the French invaded because they wished to colonize their lands lol. The Dahomey economy collapsed whenever the British tried to close the slave trade btw.
@@soundwavesuperior28 they didn't fight they got owned this movie is fake, you black supremacists can lie about history over and over but not on this one.
@@The_Modern_King because of Ethnic Narcissism, these people were conquered and very tribal, Black Americans don't like to see that they want their ancestry and past to be powerful but they weren't, they were stuck in the iron age while others were in the golden age.
never feel sympathetic for conquered people who hate you, you can give them everything from Presidency to reparations and it won't end until you are dead, this is historical.
Viola, Girrrrrl. I need to put the release date on my calendar and circle it with red ink. I am READY.
This movie is way more good than we expected, we will definitely watch it many times more ❤❤❤ Great great job
This is based on a real African tribe that sold other Africans into slavery. But I don't think the movie will mention that.
Thuso Mbedu!!! Monyana wa rona maan!!!🇿🇦😭😝🔥🔥🔥🔥
Why couldn't a white woman have played the King in this movie?
White Women didn't sell slaves.
looks freaking cool!!!! Viola is such a powerhouse!
As someone that has lived in dahomey I'm super proud to watch this history that was told me back in school.
A woman can’t be a king. They’re called queens
I’ve never gotten such CHILLS from a movie trailer 😍 this gonna be one bad ass film
This looks fantastic. My only quibble, in this trailer, is that the way they seemed to refer to Africa as a single, homogenous place as opposed to an entire frickin continent.
I'm so glad that someone here is finally saying this here.
It's a major problem in film and TV, and indeed among many people in the western world, where they - in a very unhelpful, damaging way - consider the continent of Africa to somehow be a nation...where everybody is the same 'race', apparently look alike, and have the same history, language, culture and personalities.
When in fact - just like Eurasia or the Americas - the continent of Africa historically has many dozens of recognisable, diverse peoples with distinct languages, histories and cultures (and visual appearances), from the southern-Mediterranean Arab world - being home to Arabs, Berbers and many other cultures...through to the vast expanse of Sub-Saharan Africa and it's high number of hugely diverse nations and regional identities.
The clumsy, short-sighted Hollywood/American lumping-together of a non-existent single 'Black/African' 'race' (and stereotype) is as lazy as it is damaging - by perpetually spreading a simplified, false, quick-fix interpretation of an entire continent. For me, all of this further encourages film/TV storytellers to prolong the cycle of dumbing-down the history (and geography) of yet another large part of our world. Africa is just like Europe, Asia or the Americas, in the way that it does not have a single continent-defining 'race', identity, culture or nationality.
I live and work in the UK and while I am only a short hour's flight from other European nations like France, the Netherlands, Belgium and Denmark (to name a few) I do not have - in any major way - a particularly strong shared culture/recent history with these nations. I would have to go back a thousand years or more to start finding any moderate crossover of any kind with these areas and the UK...and that was mostly made possible by geographical proximity. Yes, in Europe's most open democracies, we share some modern similarities in terms of our daily lives, in our general outlook and in social/recreational situations, but I am not mostly indistinguishable from other people within the diverse umbrella of European nations ...just like the people in Africa and other continental regions.
Moreover, any ties the UK has with central or eastern Europe are infinitely more remote still, and yet, by comparison the continent of Africa has even greater distances between many of their nations ...and even greater differences in language, culture and history - and indeed visual appearance in their respective populations. Someone having sub-Saharan derived dark skin does not guarantee that said person definitely has a shared 'identity', language or culture to all other sub-Saharan people...or even mean that they will always physically/facially look alike.
I also notice with many people in North America that there is an unhelpful tendency to lump-together people with family links to present-day China, Hong Kong, Korea and Japan - crudely combining them together as being 'Asian' (and solely representing Asia) and therefore are increasingly indistinguishable. Yes, if you go very far back in history, there are some elements of crossover/shared culture (greatly assisted by proximity) with these areas, but they are very much outweighed by their differences.
With many people in North America, there seems to be no realisation that 'Asia' stretches all the way from Europe's neighbour Turkey (in the Mediterranean) to Japan (in the Pacific) - and has countless diverse nations and people in the many thousands of miles between them.
The way that people of eastern-Asian appearance are often ignorantly lumped-together would be very much like lumping-together citizens from the UK, France and Poland and asserting that (combined), they are mostly indistinguishable and broadly represent the whole of 'Europe'.
Yes, geographical proximity does often mean that some modern nations do have things in common (via part-shared history), but for example, if you try and compare the modern African nations of Mauritania and Mozambique, the differences (and indeed geographical distance) between their populations are absolutely vast and infinitely outweigh any similarities they may share (coincidental or otherwise). This comparison/result can be repeated many times over in Africa.
Every continent in this world has many varied stories to be told, with countless cultures and so-called 'races' to be explored (history is absolutely fascinating and educational!), but sadly I shudder at the likelihood from the western world of yet another clumsy, lazy TV-interpretation of 'the nation of Africa' - which will spread further damaging stereotypes and misinformation regarding our world's history and present-day reality.
I don't want to discourage people from being entertained by TV and film, but please don't fall into the misinformation-breeding trap of using these mediums of story-telling as historical/educational tools. I would urge people who are interested in their own 'roots' (or indeed anyone else's roots) to please make your fist-port-of-call a decent respected encyclopaedia...and take it from there.
For a minute and I mean for a minute I thought this was the New Black Panther movie it just gives me that vibe
Nominada al premio de la academia, definitivamente. Viola Davis, Gran Actriz, gran Personaje.
Es una de las películas más tonta que he visto este año.
Le llamas acting a eso? No has visto Pearl?
just watched this movie for the second time in theatre and seriously this is one of the best movies ive seen in some time
I love the story of a tribe that sold people to Europeans for guns😍😍so motivating
Weren't they the slavers? And didn't they lose like every battle they fought?
I loved the part where the black transgender furry builds a rocket and flies to Uranus to spread 'The Message'
This is an EXTREMELY LOW INTELLIGENCE film and it doesn't portray historical facts.
@David Bell damnnn fr?? That's crazy, it's almost like it was made for entertainment huh
So many historical inaccuracies 😂 Hollywood trying desperately to rewrite history.
I can't wait to see this! Love Viola Davis! Can't wait to learn about these women.
Oh my god!!! I SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN THAT MOVIE. ☺ can't wait to watch it
Me and you both
I have been waiting on a movie about these women for sooooo long since I learned about them....
I have been waiting for a story like this for a long time! I can’t wait to go see this in the theater!!! 🥺😁
Story like what?
@@johncampbell5929 what do you mean story like what? was he/she speaking french? or you want to initiate a hate conversation?
@@oliviaolivia4647 well the stories not true dahomey never had a woman king they had male king and loved capturing slaves and selling them they fact there portaying this as fight freedom is ajoke and exteremly racist to the british and the french. since they came to came to abolish slavery that the dahomey were doing to other tribes but i know you wont do any research so have fun being lied to
Why was there Colonialism, after the transatlantic slave trade. The Romans had slaves. Yes African had slavery amongst themselves, but did they ensue mass genocide when they sold their people to Caucasians? Greed, profit, was the part of all monarchist led systems. The point is the Europeans came looking as the criminals they sent as indentured workers to Australia and the American colonies couldn't hack it. They created a monster! These women were strong despite failing in battle against the French who eventually colonized them. Africa would have been the same as China, Europe and America if their wasn't money and racial deceitful carnage, and bamboozlement and that the point!
@@johncampbell5929 she means a story that shows slavers to be the heroes and champions she's always thought they were...she's sick and tired of his history books telling her slavery is mean...
Finally she gets her wish.
Reminder: the Dahomey economy was so reliant on trading slaves with the Europeans their nation collapsed when slavery was outlawed. Yaaasss slave kween!
She wasn’t anything comparable to royalty by any means. She was a savage political pawn who was placed at the head of a savage tribe. Shes about as much of a king/queen as any slumlord.
Everything looks great on the screen but the blood the African and the shed before taken captive and died before taken to be sold into slavery, it wasn't as Hollywood portrait as it be..would love see the movie. Do your research to learn more about that tribe of people...best wishes ✨️
I've known the history for years. Their history is just the same as European, Asian, etc. tribes who had regional enemies who they warred against. Africa wasn't/isn't a nation of one people. I'm looking forward to seeing this.
True and at that time it wasn’t a forethought that what was being done was wrong and would have the repercussions it had. People were divided then and remain so to this day. We don’t learn. So as cool as the film looks, I wonder if the studio addresses this.
@@mactrek2
If this is true and the dahomey are justified, all colonialism is equally justified. Congratulations.
You haven't even watched the film yet. Trailers are sometime misleading these days.
True,as I said before all hype and glitter..I am quite sure if you are familiar with their history you know that it was a blood bath with question and doubts. But thank you for your response..
The story of how an african tribe fought back against european explorers, and uhh... definitely didn't sell anyone into slavery. Can't wait to see it..
Why was there Colonialism, after the transatlantic slave trade. The Romans had slaves. Yes African had slavery amongst themselves, but did they ensue mass genocide when they sold their people to Caucasians? Greed, profit, was the part of all monarchist led systems. The point is the Europeans came looking as the criminals they sent as indentured workers to Australia and the American colonies couldn't hack it. They created a monster! These women were strong despite failing in battle against the French who eventually colonized them. Africa would have been the same as China, Europe and America if their wasn't money and racial deceitful carnage, and bamboozlement and that the point!
Ohh fuck this is amazing am in tears, coz I Know my African women are the best in the world,they got no white stain it's all black berry.
A movie about the black slavers?
WOW! This looks amazing!!! I will be the first in line for this!
I have cried for the crimes against humanity committed by our own people. In museums in Cuba, you can see the sins of slavery. I have cried in my inability to stop our brothers and sisters from exterminating each other. I cried because we are the world most beautiful continent, and we don't see it. I have cried because the pain in our children eye's can be healed. Every time we trust someone that looks at us, we fail. I learned early on in America, you can love your race, you can't trust. Thank you Brotherhood for finally bringing to light a small masterpiece of the Beautiful Afrika.
I am so excited for this movie!
Geez, this hit me right in the chest... Looks incredible!
Finally a movie showing Black woman fighting in powerful positions....It only took a thousand years
I have a feeling this will be a huge comeback for Viola after the whole First Lady drama. ❤️
There are enough goosebumps in the comments here to start a motocross track. Bot comments, anyone?
I look forward to hearing and seeing praises about this film--which is based on real people-from the same feminists who praised Wonder Woman.
Y'all failed on this one. Look at the dislike to like ratio. Lmfaoooo
I hope they stick with their based on a true story and show how this mighty nation and their female warriors gained
their power and wealth thru hunting down their fellow Africans and selling them into slavery.