Movie Review - Braveheart - The Last of the Mohicans, Gladiator

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Historical epics are some of my favorite films, you know, Braveheart. I just kept getting more excited as I got deeper into into the research because I saw more truth and more authenticity that I could pour into the story. This is a movie that is based on real historical events and a real historical kingdom, which of course makes things more complicated.

The historical epic The Woman King, in theaters today, is set in the Kingdom of Dahomey in the 19th century. The kingdom’s elite all-female fighting force was evidence of its enlightened attitude toward women, but its participation in the transatlantic slave trade is a stain on its history. Director Gina Prince-Bythewood and economist Leonard Wantchekon, a descendent of the women fighters, explain.

This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy, fact-checked by Tori Dominguez, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and edited by Amina Al-Sadi and Noel King, who also hosted.

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