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The Woman King · Verbal Diorama

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Hi,
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everyone.
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I'm
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Em.
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Welcome
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to
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verbal
2:41
diorama,
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episode
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290
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of
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the
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Woman
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King.
2:46
This
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is
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the
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podcast
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that's
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all
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about
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the
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history
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and
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legacy
2:48
of
2:48
movies
2:48
you
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know
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and
2:49
movies
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you
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don't
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that
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always
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obeys
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Igozie.
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Welcome
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to
2:54
Verbal
2:54
Diorama.
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Whether
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you
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are
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a
2:55
brand
2:56
new
2:56
listener
2:56
to
2:56
this
2:56
podcast
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or
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whether
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you're
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a
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regular
2:58
returning
2:59
listener
2:59
who's
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coming
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back,
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thank
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you
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for
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being
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here.
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Thank
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you
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for
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choosing
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to
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listen
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to
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this
3:03
podcast.
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I
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am
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so
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happy
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to
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have
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you
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here
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for
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the
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history
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and
3:07
Legacy
3:08
of
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the
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Woman
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King.
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It
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is
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Women's
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History
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Month
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and
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this
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weekend
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is
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International
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Women's
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Day,
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and
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we
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rarely
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see
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women's
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stories
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in
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history.
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And
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history
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being
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written
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by
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the
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victor
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is
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something
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I'll
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be
3:21
mentioning
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a
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lot
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today
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because
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the
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role
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of
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women
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in
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society
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has
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meant
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that
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the
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men
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writing
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history
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have
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rarely
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seen
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fit
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to
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tell
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many
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stories
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of
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women.
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But
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thankfully,
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we
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have
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some
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incredible
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stories
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now
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coming
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to
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light.
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This
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month
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on
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Verbal
3:36
Diorama
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celebrates
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women
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from
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all
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walks
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of
3:38
life,
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from
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warriors
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to
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queens
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to
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single
3:42
mothers
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and
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women
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in
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sport.
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But
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as
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always,
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a
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huge
3:46
thank
3:47
you
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to
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everyone
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who
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listens
3:48
to
3:48
this
3:48
podcast
3:49
and
3:49
has
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continued
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to
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listen
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to
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and
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support
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this
3:51
podcast
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over
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the
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last
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six
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years
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and
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now
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290
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episodes.
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This
3:57
podcast
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recently
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celebrated
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its
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sixth
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birthday
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and
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it
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was
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just
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such
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a
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wonderful,
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joyous
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celebration
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of
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animated
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episodes.
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Huge
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thank
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you
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to
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everyone
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for
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your
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continued
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support
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of
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this
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podcast.
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It
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genuinely
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means
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so
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much
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to
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me
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to
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be
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still
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doing
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this
4:13
podcast
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and
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to
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be
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able
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to
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talk
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about
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movies
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like
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the
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Woman
4:16
King,
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which
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Cards
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on
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the
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table.
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I
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absolutely
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love
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this
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movie.
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So
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it
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is
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a
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movie
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that
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I've
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been
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wanting
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to
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talk
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about
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for
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quite
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some
4:24
time,
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but
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I've
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been
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saving
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it
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for
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this
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month
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in
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particular
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because
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it
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is
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Women's
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History
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Month.
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International
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Women's
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Day
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is
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right
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around
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the
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corner
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as
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of
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the
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release
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of
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this
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episode,
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and
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it
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is
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a
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day
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and
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A
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month
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for
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us
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to
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remember
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the
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stories
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of
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the
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women
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who
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came
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before
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us,
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who
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inspire
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us,
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and
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who
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shape
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the
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world
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for
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women
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and
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girls
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today.
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As
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a
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woman
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in
4:46
podcasting
4:46
who's
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inspired
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by
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women
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from
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all
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walks
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of
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life,
4:49
all
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cultures
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and
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all
4:51
professions,
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it
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made
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complete
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sense
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to
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me
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to
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focus
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on
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women
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in
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film.
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And
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not
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only
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women
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in
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film,
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but
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true
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stories
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of
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women
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put
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to
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film.
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There
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was
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only
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one
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movie
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I
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wanted
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to
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start
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this
5:02
month
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off
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with,
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A
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movie
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that
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I
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found
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incredibly
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inspiring
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and
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empowering,
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and
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a
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movie
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that,
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unsurprisingly,
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had
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an
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epic
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battle
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of
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its
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own
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to
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get
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made
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in
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the
5:13
first
5:13
place.
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Here
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is
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the
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trailer
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for
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the
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Woman
5:16
King.
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The
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Kingdom
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of
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dahomey.
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West
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Africa
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1823
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having
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sworn
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to
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risk
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life
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and
7:49
limb
7:50
to
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protect
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the
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land,
7:51
the
7:51
formidable
7:51
General
7:52
Naniska
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and
7:53
the
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Agoji,
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the
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elite
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all
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female
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military
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regiment
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of
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King
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Gezo,
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keep
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the
7:58
threat
7:58
of
7:58
the
7:58
Oyo
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empire
7:59
at
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bay.
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As
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the
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unbroken
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sisterhood
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trains
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a
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new
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generation
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of
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fearless
8:03
warriors,
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their
8:04
battle
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scarred
8:05
leader
8:05
seeks
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alternative
8:07
sources
8:07
of
8:07
profit.
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However,
8:09
Gezo's
8:09
participation
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in
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the
8:10
slave
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trade
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paves
8:11
the
8:12
way
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for
8:12
the
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inevitable
8:13
violent
8:13
confrontation
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between
8:15
the
8:15
Agoji,
8:16
the
8:16
Oyo
8:16
and
8:17
the
8:17
slavers
8:17
that
8:18
will
8:18
compromise
8:18
the
8:19
kingdom's
8:19
future,
8:20
let's
8:21
as
8:21
always,
8:21
run
8:21
through
8:22
the
8:22
cast
8:22
of
8:22
this
8:22
movie.
8:23
We
8:23
have
8:24
Viola
8:24
Davis
8:25
as
8:25
General
8:26
Naniska,
8:27
Tuso
8:27
Mbedou
8:28
as
8:29
Nawi,
8:29
Lashana
8:30
lynch
8:31
as
8:31
Egozi,
8:32
Sheila
8:33
Atim
8:33
as
8:33
Amenza
8:34
Hero
8:35
Fine
8:35
Tiffin
8:36
as
8:36
Santo
8:37
Ferreira,
8:38
John
8:38
Boyega
8:39
as
8:39
King
8:40
Gezo,
8:40
Jordan
8:41
Bolger
8:42
as
8:42
Malik
8:43
and
8:43
Jimmy
8:44
Odokoya
8:44
as
8:45
General
8:45
Oba.
8:46
The
8:46
Woman
8:47
king
8:47
has
8:47
a
8:48
screenplay
8:48
by
8:48
Dana
8:49
Stevens,
8:49
a
8:50
story
8:50
by
8:51
Maria
8:51
Bello
8:51
and
8:52
Dana
8:52
Stevens
8:53
and
8:53
was
8:53
directed
8:54
by
8:54
Gina
8:55
Prince
8:55
bythewood
8:56
Viola
8:57
Davis,
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the
8:58
only
8:59
African
8:59
American
9:00
actor
9:00
to
9:00
achieve
9:01
the
9:01
triple
9:01
crown
9:02
of
9:02
acting
9:03
and
9:03
the
9:03
youngest
9:04
person
9:04
to
9:04
achieve
9:04
it
9:04
all
9:05
too
9:05
an
9:05
Oscar
9:06
for
9:06
Fences
9:07
an
9:07
Emmy
9:07
for
9:07
How
9:08
to
9:08
Get
9:08
Away
9:08
with
9:08
murder
9:09
and
9:09
not
9:10
one
9:10
but
9:10
two
9:10
Tonys
9:11
for
9:11
fences
9:12
and
9:12
King
9:13
Hedley
9:13
II.
9:14
Vona
9:14
Davis
9:15
also
9:15
completed
9:16
her
9:16
EGOT
9:17
in
9:17
2023,
9:18
winning
9:19
a
9:19
Grammy
9:19
for
9:19
Best
9:20
Audiobook
9:20
Narration
9:21
and
9:21
Storytelling
9:22
Recording
9:23
for
9:23
her
9:23
autobiography
9:24
Finding
9:25
Me.
9:26
It
9:26
took
9:26
a
9:26
literal
9:27
army
9:27
of
9:27
women
9:28
to
9:28
get
9:28
the
9:28
woman
9:29
King
9:29
made,
9:30
and
9:30
unsurprisingly
9:31
for
9:31
Hollywood,
9:31
its
9:32
executives
9:32
weren't
9:33
scrambling
9:33
to
9:33
make
9:34
a
9:34
$50
9:34
million
9:35
action
9:35
epic
9:36
about
9:37
a
9:37
group
9:37
of
9:38
black
9:38
women
9:38
warriors,
9:39
even
9:39
with
9:40
Viola
9:40
Davis
9:41
starring
9:42
and
9:42
producing.
9:43
This
9:43
army
9:44
of
9:44
Women
9:44
starts
9:44
in
9:45
2015
9:45
with
9:46
producer
9:46
and
9:46
writer
9:47
Maria
9:47
Bello,
9:48
who
9:48
was
9:48
instrumental
9:49
in
9:49
getting
9:50
this
9:50
movie
9:50
made.
9:51
She
9:51
traveled
9:51
to
9:52
the
9:52
West
9:52
African
9:52
nation
9:53
of
9:53
Benin,
9:54
formerly
9:54
the
9:54
Dahomey
9:55
Kingdom,
9:55
and
9:56
while
9:56
there
9:56
learned
9:57
the
9:57
story
9:57
of
9:57
the
9:58
Agoji,
9:58
also
9:59
known
9:59
as
9:59
the
9:59
Dahomey
10:00
Amazons
10:01
or
10:01
the
10:01
Dahomey
10:02
Mino,
10:02
as
10:03
she
10:03
knew
10:03
she
10:03
wanted
10:03
to
10:04
tell
10:04
their
10:04
story,
10:05
but
10:05
as
10:05
a
10:05
white
10:06
woman,
10:06
she
10:06
also
10:07
knew
10:07
it
10:07
wasn't
10:07
her
10:08
story
10:08
to
10:08
tell.
10:09
She
10:09
noticed
10:10
a
10:10
distinct
10:10
lack
10:10
of
10:11
women's
10:11
stories
10:11
and
10:11
history
10:12
books
10:12
while
10:12
studying
10:13
political
10:13
science
10:14
at
10:14
Villanova
10:15
University
10:15
in
10:15
Pennsylvania,
10:16
and
10:16
when
10:17
she
10:17
started
10:17
acting,
10:18
she
10:18
also
10:18
realized
10:19
this
10:19
lack
10:19
of
10:20
female
10:20
focused
10:20
narratives
10:21
also
10:22
extended
10:22
well
10:23
into
10:23
Hollywood
10:23
too.
10:24
In
10:24
1995,
10:25
she
10:25
saw
10:26
Braveheart
10:27
and
10:27
knew
10:27
she
10:27
wanted
10:28
to
10:28
make
10:28
the
10:28
female
10:29
version
10:29
of
10:29
Braveheart.
10:30
On
10:31
her
10:31
regular
10:31
trips
10:32
to
10:32
Kenya,
10:32
she
10:33
learned
10:33
of
10:33
the
10:33
Agoji
10:34
warrior
10:35
women
10:35
who
10:35
served
10:36
as
10:36
the
10:36
army
10:36
for
10:37
the
10:37
Kingdom
10:37
of
10:37
Dahomey,
10:38
an
10:38
empire
10:39
in
10:39
West
10:39
Africa
10:40
founded
10:40
in
10:40
the
10:41
17th
10:41
century.
10:42
Bello
10:43
knew
10:43
who
10:44
she
10:44
wanted
10:44
for
10:44
the
10:44
movie
10:45
and
10:45
decided
10:45
to
10:46
shoot
10:46
her
10:46
shot
10:47
at
10:47
the
10:47
Skirball
10:48
Cultural
10:48
center
10:48
for
10:49
the
10:49
National
10:49
Women's
10:50
History
10:50
Museum's
10:51
Women
10:51
Making
10:52
History
10:52
Awards
10:53
in
10:53
Los
10:53
Angeles
10:54
while
10:54
presenting
10:55
an
10:55
award
10:55
to
10:55
Viola
10:56
Davis
10:57
mentioning
10:57
African
10:58
warriors,
10:58
female
10:59
Braveheart
11:00
and
11:00
Viola
11:01
Davis
11:01
being
11:01
perfect
11:02
for
11:02
the
11:02
part.
11:03
That
11:03
made
11:03
the
11:03
audience
11:04
cheer
11:05
and
11:05
got
11:05
Davis's
11:06
attention
11:07
along
11:07
with
11:07
her
11:07
producing
11:08
partner
11:08
and
11:08
husband
11:09
Julius
11:09
Tennant.
11:10
Kathy
11:11
Schulman,
11:12
CEO
11:12
and
11:12
President
11:13
of
11:13
well
11:13
Entertainment,
11:14
was
11:15
an
11:15
executive
11:15
at
11:16
STX
11:16
Entertainment
11:17
at
11:17
the
11:17
time
11:18
and
11:18
tried
11:18
to
11:19
get
11:19
the
11:19
movie
11:19
set
11:20
up
11:20
there
11:20
where
11:20
it
11:20
was
11:21
offered
11:21
for
11:21
just
11:21
$5
11:22
million.
11:23
Following
11:23
her
11:23
departure
11:24
from
11:24
STX
11:25
in
11:25
2016,
11:26
Shulman
11:27
returned
11:27
to
11:27
producing,
11:28
pitching
11:28
the
11:29
movie
11:29
around
11:29
town
11:30
with
11:30
Maria
11:31
Bello,
11:31
Viola
11:32
Davis
11:32
and
11:32
Julius
11:33
Tennant.
11:34
Studios
11:35
either
11:35
wanted
11:35
to
11:35
cast
11:36
well
11:36
known
11:37
light
11:37
skinned
11:38
black
11:38
women,
11:38
which
11:39
felt
11:39
historically
11:40
inaccurate
11:40
to
11:40
the
11:40
creators,
11:41
or
11:41
they
11:42
didn't
11:42
think
11:42
the
11:42
movie
11:42
would
11:43
make
11:43
enough
11:43
money
11:43
to
11:44
justify
11:44
the
11:44
budget
11:45
it
11:45
needed.
11:46
The
11:46
project
11:47
didn't
11:47
yet
11:47
have
11:47
a
11:47
script
11:48
or
11:48
a
11:48
director,
11:49
but
11:49
Davis,
11:50
Tennant,
11:50
Schulman
11:51
and
11:51
Bellow
11:51
met
11:52
with
11:52
Hannah
11:52
Ningela,
11:53
Sony
11:54
Tristars,
11:54
then
11:55
Chief
11:55
and
11:55
Nicole
11:56
Brown,
11:56
mingela's
11:57
then
11:57
senior
11:58
VP
11:58
at
11:58
the
11:59
studio.
11:59
In
11:59
the
11:59
summer
12:00
of
12:00
2017,
12:01
Nicole
12:02
Brown
12:02
would
12:02
become
12:03
the
12:03
first
12:03
black
12:04
woman
12:04
to
12:04
run
12:04
a
12:05
live
12:05
action
12:05
label
12:06
at
12:06
a
12:06
major
12:06
motion
12:07
picture
12:07
studio
12:08
when
12:08
Mingana
12:09
left
12:09
for
12:09
a
12:09
position
12:10
at
12:10
bad
12:10
robot.
12:11
Within
12:11
two
12:11
years,
12:12
the
12:12
woman
12:13
king
12:13
was
12:13
one
12:14
of
12:14
TriStar's
12:15
top
12:15
priorities
12:15
when
12:16
Brown
12:16
took
12:16
over
12:17
as
12:17
CEO
12:17
and
12:18
the
12:18
movie
12:18
was
12:18
able
12:18
to
12:19
secure
12:19
E1
12:20
as
12:20
a
12:20
co
12:20
financier.
12:22
Crucially
12:22
for
12:23
the
12:23
Woman
12:23
King,
12:24
in
12:24
between
12:24
their
12:25
first
12:25
meeting
12:25
with
12:25
TriStar
12:26
and
12:26
the
12:27
studio's
12:27
green
12:28
light
12:28
in
12:28
2020,
12:29
another
12:30
film
12:30
would
12:30
come
12:31
out
12:31
and
12:31
cement
12:31
the
12:32
decision
12:32
to
12:33
make
12:33
a
12:33
movie
12:33
about
12:34
a
12:34
nation
12:34
of
12:34
black
12:35
female
12:35
warriors.
12:36
And
12:36
rarely
12:37
can
12:37
we
12:37
say
12:37
that
12:38
industry
12:38
change
12:38
is
12:39
made
12:39
by
12:39
Marvel
12:39
Movies,
12:40
but
12:40
in
12:41
this
12:41
case,
12:41
it
12:42
really
12:42
was.
12:43
Black
12:43
Panther
12:44
came
12:44
out
12:45
in
12:45
2018,
12:46
would
12:46
go
12:46
on
12:46
to
12:47
gross
12:47
$1.3
12:48
billion
12:49
worldwide
12:50
and
12:50
been
12:50
nominated
12:51
for
12:51
several
12:51
Academy
12:52
Awards,
12:52
including
12:53
Best
12:53
Picture,
12:54
a
12:54
feat
12:54
unheard
12:55
of
12:55
for
12:55
comic
12:55
book
12:56
adaptations
12:56
at
12:56
the
12:57
time.
12:57
And
12:58
it
12:58
also
12:58
disproved
12:59
the
12:59
Hollywood
12:59
myth
12:59
that
13:00
movies
13:00
with
13:00
black
13:01
casts
13:01
aren't
13:01
wanted,
13:02
needed
13:03
or
13:03
indeed
13:03
popular
13:04
enough.
13:05
Black
13:05
Panther's
13:06
elite
13:06
team
13:07
of
13:07
women
13:07
fighters,
13:08
the
13:08
Dora
13:08
Milaje,
13:09
were
13:09
inspired
13:10
by
13:10
the
13:10
Agoji.
13:11
As
13:12
it
13:12
would
13:12
transpire,
13:12
the
13:13
Woman
13:13
King
13:13
would
13:13
come
13:14
out
13:14
just
13:14
two
13:14
months
13:15
before
13:16
Black
13:16
Panther
13:17
Wakanda
13:17
Forever.
13:18
And
13:18
it
13:18
would
13:18
also
13:19
lead
13:19
to
13:19
the
13:19
infamous
13:20
BAFTA
13:20
song
13:20
about
13:21
Angela
13:21
Bassett
13:22
doing
13:22
the
13:22
thing
13:22
and
13:23
Viola
13:23
Davis
13:24
being
13:24
my
13:24
Woman
13:25
King.
13:25
But
13:26
thanks
13:26
to
13:26
Black
13:27
Panther,
13:27
the
13:27
green
13:28
light
13:28
was
13:28
given
13:29
for
13:29
the
13:29
Woman
13:29
King
13:30
and
13:31
so
13:31
the
13:31
hunt
13:31
was
13:32
on
13:32
for
13:32
a
13:32
director.
13:33
Viola
13:34
Davis
13:34
had
13:34
previously
13:35
met
13:35
Gina
13:36
Prince
13:36
Bythewood
13:37
in
13:37
2008,
13:38
but
13:38
she
13:38
wasn't
13:39
the
13:39
original
13:39
choice
13:40
for
13:40
director.
13:41
The
13:41
studio
13:41
had
13:42
their
13:42
own
13:42
unnamed
13:43
choices,
13:43
but
13:44
they
13:44
either
13:44
had
13:44
other
13:45
things
13:45
going
13:45
on
13:46
or
13:46
felt
13:46
intimidated
13:47
by
13:47
the
13:47
subject.
13:48
Gina
13:49
Prince
13:49
Bythewood,
13:50
who'd
13:50
previously
13:51
directed
13:51
the
13:51
Old
13:52
Guard
13:52
for
13:52
Netflix,
13:53
became
13:53
the
13:53
first
13:54
black
13:54
woman
13:54
to
13:55
direct
13:55
a
13:55
major
13:56
comic
13:56
book
13:56
adaptation.
13:57
She
13:57
also
13:58
had
13:58
the
13:58
idea
13:58
to
13:59
make
13:59
a
13:59
Braveheart
14:00
style
14:00
epic
14:01
which
14:01
felt
14:01
like
14:02
a
14:02
meeting
14:02
of
14:02
minds.
14:03
She
14:03
would
14:03
also
14:03
take
14:04
influence
14:04
from
14:04
Gladiator
14:05
and
14:05
the
14:05
Last
14:06
of
14:06
the
14:06
Mohicans.
14:08
Once
14:08
Prince
14:09
Bythewood
14:09
was
14:09
secured
14:10
as
14:10
a
14:10
director,
14:11
she
14:11
got
14:11
onto
14:12
task
14:12
straight
14:13
away,
14:13
and
14:13
she
14:14
prioritized
14:14
women
14:14
and
14:15
people
14:15
of
14:15
color
14:15
as
14:16
department
14:16
heads
14:17
when
14:17
assembling
14:17
the
14:18
crew
14:18
for
14:18
the
14:18
five
14:19
month
14:19
shoot
14:19
in
14:20
South
14:20
Africa.
14:21
These
14:21
department
14:21
heads
14:22
included
14:22
editor
14:23
Teralyn
14:23
Shropshire,
14:24
visual
14:25
effects
14:25
supervisor
14:26
Sara
14:26
Bennett,
14:27
costume
14:27
designer
14:28
Gersha
14:28
Phillips,
14:29
production
14:29
designer
14:30
Akin
14:30
Mackenzie,
14:31
and
14:32
cinematographer
14:32
Polly
14:33
Morgan.
14:34
Babalwa
14:34
Mshishelwa,
14:35
a
14:36
local
14:36
South
14:36
African
14:37
makeup
14:37
artist,
14:38
was
14:38
hired
14:38
to
14:38
do
14:39
the
14:39
makeup.
14:40
Prince
14:40
Bythewood
14:41
wanted
14:41
her
14:41
actors,
14:42
many
14:42
of
14:42
whom
14:43
had
14:43
experienced
14:44
being
14:44
on
14:44
film
14:44
sets
14:45
where
14:45
Stylists
14:46
don't
14:46
know
14:46
how
14:46
to
14:47
style
14:47
black
14:47
hair
14:48
to
14:48
have
14:48
a
14:48
say
14:49
in
14:49
the
14:49
film's
14:49
hair.
14:50
Related
14:50
Options
14:51
Hairstylist
14:52
Louisa
14:52
Anthony
14:53
was
14:53
asked
14:53
by
14:53
the
14:53
director
14:54
to
14:54
create
14:55
short
14:55
hairstyles,
14:56
braids
14:56
and
14:57
cool,
14:57
practical
14:58
looks
14:58
for
14:58
the
14:58
actors
14:59
to
14:59
wear
14:59
during
15:00
fight
15:00
scenes.
15:01
Anthony
15:01
combined
15:02
500
15:02
years
15:03
of
15:03
braiding
15:03
culture
15:04
to
15:04
create
15:04
a
15:04
look
15:05
that
15:05
the
15:05
audience
15:05
would
15:06
recognize
15:07
while
15:07
also
15:07
paying
15:08
homage
15:08
to
15:09
braiding
15:09
styles
15:09
of
15:10
the
15:10
past.
15:11
Each
15:11
character's
15:12
hairstyle
15:12
changes
15:13
through
15:13
the
15:13
movie
15:14
as
15:14
their
15:14
arcs
15:15
play
15:15
out,
15:15
and
15:15
they
15:16
even
15:16
included
15:16
a
15:17
scene
15:17
of
15:17
a
15:17
Gozi
15:18
braiding
15:18
Nawi's
15:19
hair,
15:19
a
15:20
sign
15:20
of
15:20
sisterhood
15:21
and
15:21
bonding.
15:21
It's
15:22
these
15:22
little
15:22
things
15:23
that
15:23
not
15:23
having
15:24
black
15:24
women
15:24
behind
15:25
the
15:25
scenes
15:25
on
15:25
this
15:26
movie
15:26
might
15:27
have
15:27
likely
15:27
never
15:27
been
15:28
written,
15:29
filmed
15:29
or
15:29
indeed
15:30
left
15:30
on
15:30
the
15:30
cutting
15:31
room
15:31
floor.
15:32
In
15:32
historic
15:33
African
15:33
braiding
15:34
culture,
15:34
women
15:35
could
15:35
use
15:35
hair
15:35
to
15:35
symbolize
15:36
their
15:36
wealth,
15:37
social
15:37
status
15:38
and
15:38
whether
15:38
or
15:38
not
15:39
they
15:39
were
15:39
married.
15:40
As
15:40
Agojis
15:41
rise
15:41
through
15:41
the
15:41
ranks,
15:42
their
15:42
hair
15:42
gets
15:43
more
15:43
elaborate.
15:44
Naniska,
15:44
as
15:45
the
15:45
highest
15:45
in
15:45
command,
15:46
has
15:46
a
15:46
braided
15:47
mohawk
15:47
to
15:48
fight
15:48
and
15:48
a
15:48
relaxed
15:49
braid
15:49
for
15:49
padded
15:50
scenes.
15:51
Jamika
15:51
Wilson
15:52
was
15:52
Viola
15:52
Davis
15:53
personal
15:53
hairstylist.
15:55
Sergio
15:55
Lopez
15:56
Rivera
15:56
was
15:56
Davis's
15:57
personal
15:57
makeup
15:58
artist,
15:58
and
15:59
he
15:59
collaborated
16:00
with
16:00
Babalwa
16:01
Michishelwa
16:02
to
16:02
create
16:02
minimal
16:03
makeup
16:03
because
16:04
these
16:04
warriors
16:04
aren't
16:05
going
16:05
to
16:05
be
16:05
in
16:05
front
16:05
of
16:06
a
16:06
mirror
16:06
making
16:07
themselves
16:07
up
16:07
for
16:07
battle.
16:08
As
16:08
well
16:09
as
16:09
intricate
16:09
makeup
16:10
designs
16:10
for
16:10
the
16:10
king's
16:11
many
16:11
wives
16:11
and
16:12
prosthetic
16:13
scarring
16:13
to
16:13
show
16:14
how
16:14
fierce
16:14
these
16:14
warriors
16:15
were,
16:15
with
16:16
each
16:16
scar
16:16
telling
16:17
its
16:17
own
16:17
story
16:18
of
16:18
each
16:18
brutal
16:19
fight,
16:19
with
16:19
the
16:20
actor
16:20
showing
16:20
the
16:21
emotional
16:21
scarring
16:22
of
16:22
being
16:22
on
16:22
the
16:22
front
16:23
line
16:23
of
16:23
Dahomey's
16:24
army.
16:25
And
16:25
for
16:25
those
16:26
fight
16:26
scenes,
16:26
they
16:26
needed
16:27
intensive
16:27
physical
16:28
training.
16:29
Gina
16:29
Prince
16:30
Bythewood
16:30
joined
16:30
them
16:31
for
16:31
a
16:31
large
16:31
portion
16:32
of
16:32
the
16:32
torturous
16:33
physical
16:33
preparation
16:34
the
16:34
actors
16:34
underwent.
16:35
Before
16:36
the
16:36
shoot,
16:36
the
16:36
cast
16:37
spent
16:37
four
16:38
months
16:38
lifting
16:38
weights
16:39
with
16:39
trainer
16:39
Gabriella
16:40
McLean
16:41
for
16:41
90
16:41
minutes
16:42
every
16:42
day.
16:43
After
16:43
that,
16:43
they
16:43
trained
16:44
for
16:44
three
16:44
and
16:44
a
16:44
half
16:45
hours
16:45
with
16:45
stunt
16:45
coordinator
16:46
Danny
16:46
Hernandez,
16:47
which
16:48
included
16:48
martial
16:49
arts,
16:49
running
16:49
and
16:50
using
16:50
swords
16:51
and
16:51
speed.
16:51
BE
16:51
as
16:52
Clarissa
16:52
Shields,
16:53
a
16:53
professional
16:53
boxer,
16:54
served
16:55
as
16:55
Davis's
16:55
model
16:56
for
16:56
strength,
16:56
stance
16:57
and
16:57
focus
16:58
during
16:59
workouts.
16:59
Viola
17:00
Davis
17:00
once
17:00
ran
17:01
a
17:01
mile
17:01
on
17:01
the
17:01
treadmill
17:02
in
17:02
6
17:02
minutes,
17:03
23
17:03
seconds.
17:04
But
17:05
it
17:05
wasn't
17:05
just
17:06
going
17:06
to
17:06
be
17:06
physically
17:07
exhausting
17:08
for
17:08
these
17:08
actors.
17:08
It
17:09
was
17:09
also
17:09
going
17:09
to
17:10
be
17:10
potentially
17:11
mentally
17:11
and
17:12
emotionally
17:12
exhausting
17:13
as
17:13
well.
17:14
For
17:15
the
17:15
filming
17:15
of
17:15
Naniska's
17:16
rape
17:16
scenes,
17:17
Prince
17:17
Boyd
17:18
would
17:18
reference
17:18
Christine
17:19
Blasey
17:19
Ford's
17:20
testimony
17:21
at
17:21
Brett
17:21
Kavanaugh's
17:22
Supreme
17:22
Court
17:23
nomination
17:23
hearing
17:24
and
17:24
asked
17:24
Davis
17:25
to
17:25
read
17:25
the
17:25
Roxane
17:26
Gay
17:26
book
17:26
Hunger,
17:27
a
17:27
memoir
17:28
about
17:28
gay's
17:29
own
17:29
sexual
17:29
assault.
17:30
It
17:30
was
17:31
their
17:31
intention
17:31
for
17:31
the
17:32
scenes
17:32
to
17:32
be
17:32
filmed
17:33
from
17:33
Naniska's
17:34
perspective
17:34
and
17:35
for
17:35
Naniska
17:36
to
17:36
reclaim
17:36
her
17:37
power
17:37
over
17:38
her
17:38
rapist
17:39
later
17:39
in
17:39
the
17:39
movie.
17:40
Rounding
17:41
out
17:41
the
17:41
cast
17:42
were
17:42
British
17:42
actors
17:43
Lashana
17:44
lynch
17:44
and
17:44
John
17:44
Boyega
17:45
and
17:45
Ugandan
17:46
British
17:46
actor
17:47
Sheila
17:47
Atim.
17:48
Lynch
17:49
had
17:49
signed
17:49
on
17:49
to
17:50
play
17:50
Miss
17:50
Honey
17:50
in
17:51
Matilda
17:51
the
17:51
Musical
17:52
Thirst
17:53
before
17:53
signing
17:53
on
17:54
to
17:54
the
17:54
Woman
17:54
Key,
17:55
and
17:55
while
17:55
both
17:55
movies
17:56
are
17:56
wildly
17:56
different,
17:57
the
17:58
characters
17:58
are
17:58
both
17:59
friendly,
17:59
loving
18:00
and
18:00
a
18:00
mentor
18:01
to
18:01
the
18:01
younger
18:01
characters
18:02
of
18:02
Matilda
18:03
and
18:03
Nawi.
18:04
She
18:04
finished
18:05
filming
18:05
Matilda,
18:06
then
18:06
changed
18:07
up
18:07
her
18:07
diet
18:07
and
18:08
exercise
18:08
regime
18:09
for
18:09
the
18:09
woman
18:09
king.
18:10
Sheila
18:11
Atim
18:11
played
18:12
Amenza,
18:12
Naniska's
18:13
close
18:13
friend
18:13
and
18:14
confidant.
18:15
Atim
18:15
ended
18:16
up
18:16
taking
18:16
her
18:16
practice
18:17
spear
18:17
home
18:18
and
18:18
knocking
18:18
over
18:19
glasses
18:19
in
18:19
her
18:19
kitchen.
18:20
She
18:20
also
18:21
wanted
18:21
to
18:21
understand
18:22
Amenza's
18:22
spirituality
18:23
and
18:24
talk
18:24
to
18:24
a
18:24
Voden
18:25
expert
18:25
in
18:25
Benin.
18:26
Foden,
18:27
which
18:27
is
18:27
a
18:27
West
18:28
African
18:28
traditional
18:28
religion,
18:29
embraces
18:30
death
18:30
and
18:30
the
18:31
afterlife.
18:31
When
18:32
Egozi
18:33
is
18:33
killed,
18:33
Amenza
18:34
takes
18:34
her
18:34
weapons
18:35
and
18:35
her
18:35
aggression.
18:36
And
18:36
this
18:37
was
18:37
based
18:37
on
18:37
her
18:37
real
18:38
life
18:38
friendship
18:38
with
18:39
Lynch.
18:40
And
18:40
of
18:40
course
18:40
everyone
18:41
said
18:41
that
18:41
working
18:41
with
18:42
Viola
18:42
Davis
18:43
was
18:43
working
18:44
with
18:44
one
18:44
of
18:44
the
18:44
most
18:45
skilled,
18:45
inspirational,
18:46
professional
18:47
and
18:47
brilliant
18:47
actors
18:48
in
18:48
the
18:48
business.
18:49
Of
18:49
course
18:51
making
18:51
any
18:52
period
18:52
movie
18:52
is
18:53
hard.
18:53
We
18:53
weren't
18:54
there
18:54
after
18:55
all.
18:55
And
18:55
records
18:56
can
18:56
be
18:56
sketchy,
18:57
especially
18:57
visual
18:58
ones,
18:59
especially
18:59
records
19:00
about
19:00
women.
19:01
And
19:01
just
19:01
FYI,
19:02
apologies
19:03
for
19:03
the
19:03
butchering
19:03
of
19:03
any
19:04
pronunciation
19:04
in
19:05
this
19:05
episode.
19:05
I
19:06
genuinely
19:06
am
19:06
really
19:07
trying
19:07
my
19:07
best
19:08
to
19:08
pronounce
19:08
names
19:09
correctly.
19:09
Princeton
19:10
professor
19:11
Leonard
19:11
Wonchikon
19:12
consulted
19:13
as
19:13
a
19:13
historical
19:14
advisor
19:14
on
19:15
the
19:15
movie,
19:15
confirming
19:16
that
19:16
all
19:16
official
19:16
leadership
19:17
roles
19:17
in
19:17
Dahomey
19:18
were
19:18
balanced
19:19
between
19:19
a
19:19
man
19:20
and
19:20
a
19:20
woman,
19:21
hence
19:21
having
19:21
a
19:22
king
19:22
and
19:22
a
19:23
woman.
19:23
King
19:24
Wanchikon,
19:25
who
19:25
has
19:25
Agoji
19:26
in
19:26
his
19:26
extended
19:26
family,
19:27
had
19:27
been
19:27
working
19:28
on
19:28
51
19:28
biographies
19:29
of
19:29
the
19:30
warrior
19:30
women,
19:31
visiting
19:31
the
19:31
places
19:32
where
19:32
they
19:32
lived
19:32
and
19:33
died
19:33
and
19:33
speaking
19:34
to
19:34
their
19:34
descendants.
19:35
Representation
19:36
and
19:36
gender
19:37
balance
19:37
in
19:37
19th
19:38
century
19:38
Dahomey
19:39
was
19:39
head
19:39
and
19:40
shoulders
19:40
above
19:40
the
19:41
so
19:41
called
19:41
developed
19:41
world
19:42
of
19:42
the
19:42
20th
19:42
century.
19:43
Women
19:44
were
19:44
raised
19:44
in
19:44
Dahomey
19:45
to
19:45
be
19:45
independent,
19:46
brave
19:47
and
19:47
strong.
19:48
Gender
19:48
inclusivity
19:49
also
19:49
influenced
19:50
the
19:50
Agoge's
19:51
clothing
19:51
and
19:52
reference.
19:52
Photographs
19:53
taken
19:53
between
19:53
1870-1890
19:55
were
19:55
found,
19:56
but
19:56
these
19:57
ended
19:57
up
19:57
being
19:57
black
19:58
women
19:58
dressed
19:59
up
19:59
for
19:59
the
19:59
World's
19:59
Fair.
20:00
It
20:00
was
20:01
discovered
20:01
through
20:01
research
20:02
that
20:02
the
20:02
Agoji
20:03
would
20:03
naturally
20:03
have
20:04
a
20:04
uniform
20:04
and
20:05
they'd
20:05
also
20:05
be
20:05
spiritual,
20:06
carrying
20:06
talismans
20:07
with
20:07
them.
20:08
Each
20:08
character
20:09
in
20:09
the
20:09
movie
20:09
had
20:10
their
20:10
own
20:10
unique
20:10
symbol
20:11
etched
20:11
into
20:11
cross
20:12
belts.
20:13
In
20:13
real
20:13
life,
20:14
traders
20:14
like
20:14
Santo
20:15
Ferreira
20:15
would
20:16
visit
20:16
the
20:16
kingdom
20:16
and
20:16
Present
20:17
lavish
20:17
fabrics
20:18
as
20:18
gifts,
20:19
and
20:19
these
20:19
fabrics
20:20
were
20:20
used
20:20
to
20:20
make
20:20
the
20:21
outfits
20:21
for
20:21
john
20:22
boyega's
20:22
king
20:23
gezo.
20:24
Some
20:24
of
20:24
his
20:24
tunics
20:25
are
20:25
embellished
20:25
with
20:26
crocodile,
20:26
which
20:26
was
20:27
the
20:27
traditional
20:27
motif
20:28
of
20:28
dahomey.
20:29
The
20:30
agogee
20:31
were
20:31
first
20:31
mentioned
20:31
in
20:32
writing
20:32
in
20:32
1729.
20:34
However,
20:34
the
20:34
unit
20:35
may
20:35
have
20:35
been
20:35
established
20:36
Much
20:36
earlier,
20:37
At
20:37
the
20:37
start
20:37
of
20:37
dahomey's
20:38
history,
20:38
When
20:39
a
20:39
corps
20:39
of
20:39
female
20:40
elephant
20:40
hunters
20:41
Was
20:41
established
20:41
by
20:42
king
20:42
huai
20:42
badger
20:43
during
20:43
his
20:44
reign
20:44
between
20:44
1645
20:46
to
20:46
1685.
20:47
Queen
20:48
Hangbi
20:49
may
20:49
have
20:49
also
20:49
introduced
20:50
them
20:50
as
20:50
her
20:51
palace
20:51
guard
20:52
during
20:52
her
20:52
brief
20:53
reign
20:53
as
20:53
regent
20:54
after
20:54
her
20:54
brother's
20:55
death
20:55
in
20:55
the
20:56
early
20:56
18th
20:56
century.
20:57
In
20:57
any
20:58
case,
20:58
king
20:58
gezo
20:59
officially
21:00
included
21:00
the
21:00
agoji
21:01
in
21:01
dahomey's
21:02
army
21:02
in
21:02
the
21:03
19th
21:03
century,
21:04
after
21:04
Dahomey's
21:05
male
21:05
population
21:06
had
21:06
drastically
21:07
decreased
21:07
As
21:08
a
21:08
result
21:08
of
21:08
the
21:08
kingdom's
21:09
constant
21:09
battles,
21:10
Giving
21:11
women
21:11
the
21:11
chance
21:11
to
21:12
take
21:12
men's
21:12
place
21:13
on
21:13
the
21:13
battlefield.
21:14
King
21:14
gezo
21:15
was
21:15
a
21:15
totalitarian
21:16
king.
21:17
He
21:17
controlled
21:18
almost
21:18
every
21:18
part
21:19
of
21:19
dahomean
21:20
social
21:20
lives,
21:20
and
21:21
both
21:21
volunteers
21:21
and
21:22
forced
21:22
conscriptions
21:23
Fueled
21:24
his
21:24
army,
21:25
including
21:25
the
21:25
agoji,
21:26
Forcing
21:27
enslaved
21:27
people
21:28
and
21:28
captives
21:29
from
21:29
other
21:29
villages
21:30
to
21:30
become
21:30
warriors
21:30
for
21:31
dahomey,
21:32
Some
21:32
as
21:32
young
21:32
as
21:33
8
21:33
to
21:33
10
21:34
years
21:34
old.
21:35
There's
21:35
a
21:35
lot
21:36
in
21:36
this
21:36
movie
21:36
that
21:36
is
21:37
factual
21:37
that
21:37
we
21:37
know
21:38
of.
21:38
At
21:38
least
21:39
all
21:39
of
21:39
dahomey's
21:40
women
21:40
warriors
21:41
Were
21:41
considered
21:41
third
21:42
tier
21:42
wives
21:42
of
21:43
the
21:43
king.
21:43
They
21:44
lived
21:44
in
21:44
the
21:44
royal
21:44
palace
21:45
Alongside
21:45
the
21:46
king
21:46
and
21:46
his
21:46
other
21:47
wives,
21:47
Inhabiting
21:48
a
21:48
largely
21:49
women
21:49
dominated
21:50
space.
21:50
This
21:51
is
21:51
a
21:51
movie
21:51
firmly
21:52
focusing
21:52
on
21:53
black
21:53
women
21:54
in
21:54
these
21:54
positions
21:55
of
21:55
power
21:55
and
21:56
strength
21:56
and
21:56
influence,
21:57
Something
21:57
we
21:58
rarely
21:58
get
21:58
to
21:58
witness
21:59
as
21:59
viewers
21:59
in
22:00
mainstream
22:00
hollywood.
22:01
Aside
22:02
from
22:02
eunuchs
22:02
and
22:02
the
22:03
king
22:03
himself,
22:04
no
22:04
men
22:04
were
22:05
allowed
22:05
in
22:05
the
22:05
palace
22:06
after
22:06
sunset.
22:07
Celibacy
22:08
was
22:08
enforced,
22:09
but
22:09
they
22:09
also
22:09
did
22:10
have
22:10
privileges
22:11
not
22:11
normally
22:11
associated
22:12
with
22:12
women
22:13
at
22:13
the
22:13
time,
22:13
Such
22:14
as
22:14
protection
22:15
from
22:15
men,
22:15
A
22:16
high
22:16
social
22:16
standing,
22:17
Supplies
22:17
of
22:18
luxuries
22:18
like
22:19
tobacco
22:19
and
22:19
alcohol,
22:20
and
22:20
they
22:20
could
22:21
rise
22:21
to
22:21
positions
22:21
of
22:22
influence
22:22
within
22:22
the
22:23
palace.
22:23
They
22:24
would
22:24
have
22:24
held
22:24
a
22:24
higher
22:25
status
22:25
in
22:25
society
22:26
Than
22:27
other
22:27
dahomean
22:27
women,
22:28
but
22:28
they
22:28
were
22:29
still
22:29
subject
22:29
to
22:29
the
22:29
whims
22:30
of
22:30
king
22:31
gazo.
22:31
They
22:32
were
22:32
not
22:32
allowed
22:32
to
22:32
take
22:33
lovers
22:33
or
22:33
bear
22:34
children,
22:34
and
22:35
they
22:35
had
22:35
to
22:35
be
22:35
totally
22:36
faithful
22:36
to
22:37
the
22:37
king.
22:37
Due
22:38
to
22:38
dahomey's
22:39
participation
22:39
in
22:39
the
22:39
slave
22:40
trade,
22:40
it's
22:41
highly
22:41
likely
22:41
that
22:42
the
22:42
agoge
22:43
also
22:43
had
22:43
enslaved
22:44
people
22:44
Cooking
22:45
and
22:45
cleaning
22:45
for
22:46
them
22:46
Alongside
22:47
the
22:47
royal
22:47
servants,
22:48
who
22:48
were
22:48
probably
22:49
also
22:50
enslaved
22:50
people.
22:51
And
22:52
this
22:52
is
22:52
the
22:52
elephant
22:53
in
22:53
the
22:53
room
22:53
that
22:54
we
22:54
need
22:54
to
22:54
address.
22:55
There's
22:55
no
22:55
way
22:56
to
22:56
sugarcoat
22:57
it,
22:57
Even
22:57
though
22:57
the
22:58
woman
22:58
king
22:59
does
22:59
try
22:59
to.
23:00
But
23:00
While
23:00
it
23:01
doesn't
23:01
diminish
23:01
the
23:01
responsibility.
23:02
Of
23:02
Europe
23:03
and
23:03
america.
23:04
For
23:04
creating
23:04
and
23:05
driving
23:05
the
23:05
demand.
23:06
For
23:06
the
23:06
atlantic
23:06
slave
23:07
trade.
23:07
And
23:08
the
23:08
enslavement
23:08
of
23:08
people
23:09
of
23:09
color,
23:10
African
23:10
nations
23:11
like
23:11
the
23:11
kingdom
23:11
of
23:12
dahomey.
23:12
Were
23:13
also
23:13
involved
23:14
in
23:14
the
23:14
slave
23:14
trade.
23:15
And
23:15
dahomey
23:15
itself
23:16
was
23:16
profiting
23:17
from
23:17
the
23:17
sale
23:18
of
23:18
enslaved
23:18
people.
23:19
From
23:19
the
23:19
17th
23:20
to
23:20
19th
23:21
centuries,
23:22
the
23:22
Dahomean
23:23
army,
23:23
including
23:23
the
23:24
Agoji
23:24
warriors,
23:25
Conducted
23:25
regular
23:26
raids
23:26
on
23:26
neighboring
23:27
peoples
23:27
and
23:28
kingdoms.
23:29
These
23:29
raids
23:29
were
23:29
specifically
23:30
aimed.
23:30
At
23:30
capturing
23:31
people.
23:31
To
23:31
sell
23:32
into
23:32
slavery.
23:33
Both
23:33
domestically
23:34
and
23:34
overseas.
23:36
Dahomey
23:36
developed
23:37
sophisticated
23:37
systems.
23:38
For
23:38
capturing,
23:39
holding,
23:39
and
23:40
trading
23:40
enslaved
23:41
people.
23:41
The
23:42
port
23:42
of
23:42
ouidah
23:43
became
23:43
one
23:43
of
23:44
the
23:44
major
23:44
slave
23:44
trading
23:45
points
23:45
in
23:45
west
23:46
Africa.
23:47
By
23:47
the
23:47
18th
23:48
century,
23:48
the
23:48
slave
23:49
trade
23:49
had
23:49
become
23:49
Dahomey's
23:50
primary
23:51
source
23:51
of
23:51
wealth.
23:52
The
23:52
kingdom
23:53
received
23:53
european
23:53
goods,
23:54
including
23:54
firearms,
23:55
in
23:56
exchange
23:56
for
23:56
enslaved
23:57
people,
23:57
which
23:58
helped
23:58
maintain
23:58
their
23:59
military
23:59
dominance.
24:00
The
24:01
slave
24:01
trade
24:01
was
24:01
centrally
24:02
controlled
24:03
by
24:03
the
24:03
monarchy.
24:04
The
24:04
king
24:04
held
24:05
a
24:05
monopoly
24:05
on
24:05
the
24:06
trade.
24:06
And
24:06
all
24:07
transactions
24:07
had
24:07
to
24:08
go
24:08
through
24:08
royal
24:09
channels.
24:09
Though
24:10
king
24:10
Gezo
24:11
did
24:11
at
24:11
one
24:11
point
24:12
Explore
24:12
palm
24:12
oil
24:13
production.
24:14
As
24:14
an
24:14
alternative
24:15
source
24:15
of
24:15
revenue,
24:16
as
24:16
naniska
24:17
suggests
24:17
in
24:17
the
24:17
movie,
24:18
it
24:18
proved
24:18
far
24:19
less
24:19
lucrative,
24:20
and
24:20
the
24:20
king
24:21
soon
24:21
resumed
24:21
Dahomey's
24:22
participation
24:23
in
24:23
the
24:23
slave
24:23
trade.
24:24
They
24:24
developed
24:25
relationships
24:25
with
24:26
European
24:26
traders,
24:27
Particularly
24:28
Portuguese
24:28
and
24:28
brazilian
24:29
merchants,
24:30
as
24:30
is
24:30
also
24:31
depicted
24:31
in
24:31
the
24:31
movie
24:32
between
24:32
the
24:32
oyo
24:33
and
24:33
the
24:33
Portuguese
24:34
slave
24:34
merchants.
24:35
The
24:35
trade
24:35
was
24:36
so
24:36
integral
24:36
to
24:36
the
24:37
Dahomey
24:37
economy.
24:38
That
24:38
when
24:38
britain
24:39
pressured
24:39
them
24:39
to
24:39
end
24:40
their
24:40
involvement
24:41
in
24:41
the
24:41
1840s
24:42
and
24:42
50s,
24:42
the
24:43
kingdom
24:43
initially
24:44
resisted
24:44
strongly.
24:45
Not
24:46
that
24:46
the
24:46
British
24:46
government
24:47
had
24:47
ended
24:47
the
24:47
slave
24:48
trade
24:48
altruistically
24:49
itself,
24:49
it
24:50
has
24:50
to
24:50
be
24:50
said.
24:51
But
24:51
the
24:51
slave
24:51
trade
24:52
only
24:52
ended.
24:52
When
24:53
France
24:53
colonised
24:54
the
24:54
region
24:54
in
24:55
the
24:55
1890s.
24:56
And
24:56
even
24:56
then,
24:57
after
24:57
a
24:57
brutal
24:58
war
24:58
lasting
24:58
seven
24:59
weeks.
24:59
And
24:59
killing
25:00
between
25:00
2
25:00
to
25:01
4,000
25:01
Dahomean
25:02
soldiers,
25:03
both
25:03
men
25:03
and
25:04
women,
25:04
it's
25:05
said
25:05
that
25:05
just
25:05
50
25:06
or
25:06
60
25:06
agoji
25:07
remained
25:07
ready
25:07
for
25:08
battle.
25:08
After
25:08
the
25:09
french
25:09
colonization
25:10
of
25:10
dahomey,
25:11
when
25:11
it
25:11
became
25:12
known
25:12
as
25:12
French
25:12
dahomey.
25:13
And
25:13
the
25:13
French
25:14
government
25:14
then
25:14
outlawed.
25:15
The
25:15
capture
25:16
and
25:16
sale
25:16
of
25:16
enslaved
25:17
people.
25:18
Historical
25:18
estimates
25:19
suggest
25:19
that
25:19
dahomey
25:20
may
25:20
have
25:20
supplied.
25:21
Hundreds
25:21
of
25:22
thousands
25:22
of
25:22
people.
25:23
Into
25:23
the
25:23
Atlantic
25:24
slave
25:24
trade.
25:25
Over
25:25
the
25:25
course
25:25
of
25:25
its
25:26
involvement.
25:26
And
25:27
unlike
25:27
John
25:27
Boyega's
25:28
depiction
25:28
in
25:28
the
25:29
movie,
25:29
the
25:29
real
25:30
king
25:30
gazo
25:30
was
25:31
an
25:31
enthusiastic
25:32
participant
25:32
in
25:33
the
25:33
slave
25:33
trade.
25:33
And
25:34
did
25:34
not
25:34
want
25:34
to
25:35
stop.
25:35
King
25:36
Gazo
25:36
controlled
25:37
the
25:37
agoji,
25:38
and
25:38
so
25:38
they
25:38
were
25:39
also
25:39
complicit
25:40
in
25:40
the
25:40
slave
25:40
trade.
25:41
Now,
25:41
it
25:42
is
25:42
important
25:42
to
25:42
note
25:42
at
25:43
this
25:43
point.
25:43
That
25:43
history,
25:44
as
25:44
I've
25:44
said,
25:45
Is
25:45
written
25:45
by
25:45
the
25:46
victors,
25:46
and
25:47
it's
25:47
highly
25:47
likely
25:47
that
25:48
there
25:48
was
25:48
an
25:48
anti
25:49
slavery
25:50
movement
25:50
in
25:50
Dahomey.
25:51
It's
25:51
also
25:52
likely
25:52
that
25:52
the
25:52
trade
25:53
wasn't
25:53
as
25:53
lucrative
25:54
for
25:54
the
25:54
kingdom
25:54
as
25:55
records
25:55
state,
25:56
because
25:56
the
25:57
records
25:57
are
25:57
easily
25:58
skewed
25:58
by
25:58
the
25:58
racism
25:59
of
25:59
the
25:59
time.
26:00
And
26:00
most
26:00
of
26:00
the
26:01
records
26:01
were
26:01
written
26:01
by
26:02
European
26:02
colonizers,
26:03
who
26:03
would,
26:04
of
26:04
course,
26:05
paint
26:05
themselves
26:05
in
26:06
the
26:06
best
26:06
possible
26:06
light
26:07
and
26:07
attempt
26:07
to
26:08
paint
26:08
the
26:08
African
26:09
people
26:09
as
26:10
quote
26:10
unquote
26:11
savages.
26:12
This
26:12
movie
26:12
is
26:12
set
26:13
specifically
26:14
in
26:14
1823,
26:15
at
26:16
the
26:16
time
26:16
of
26:16
dahomeans
26:17
wanting
26:18
liberation
26:18
from
26:18
the
26:19
Oyo
26:19
empire
26:20
To
26:20
form
26:20
their
26:21
own
26:21
economic
26:22
dependence.
26:23
The
26:23
movie
26:23
is
26:23
a
26:24
very
26:24
small
26:24
period
26:25
of
26:25
time
26:25
in
26:25
this
26:25
history
26:26
of
26:26
dahomey,
26:27
but
26:27
the
26:27
Oyo
26:28
empire
26:29
heavily
26:29
taxed
26:29
Dahomey
26:30
for
26:30
goods
26:30
and
26:31
services.
26:32
Dahomey
26:32
really
26:33
did
26:33
break
26:33
free
26:33
of
26:34
oyo's
26:34
control
26:34
in
26:35
1823.
26:37
The
26:37
movie
26:37
also
26:38
includes
26:38
some
26:38
fictionalized
26:39
characters
26:39
or
26:40
characters
26:40
Based
26:40
on
26:41
real
26:41
people
26:42
who
26:42
didn't
26:42
exist
26:43
at
26:43
the
26:43
same
26:43
time.
26:44
The
26:44
real
26:44
Nawi
26:45
was
26:45
the
26:45
last
26:46
known
26:46
surviving
26:47
Agoji
26:47
with
26:47
battlefield
26:48
experience.
26:49
Nawi
26:49
died
26:50
in
26:50
1979
26:51
at
26:51
over
26:52
100
26:52
years
26:52
of
26:53
age.
26:53
Agoji
26:54
traditions
26:54
continued
26:55
long
26:55
after
26:56
Dahomey's
26:56
fall,
26:57
With
26:57
descendants
26:57
of
26:58
the
26:58
Agoji
26:59
sharing
26:59
stories
26:59
about
27:00
their
27:00
ancestors.
27:01
When
27:02
actress
27:02
Lupita
27:02
Nyong'o
27:03
visited
27:03
Benin
27:04
for
27:04
a
27:04
2019
27:05
documentary
27:06
called
27:06
Warrior
27:07
women
27:07
with
27:07
Lupita
27:08
Nyong'o,
27:09
she
27:09
met
27:09
a
27:09
woman
27:10
identified
27:10
by
27:11
locals
27:11
as
27:11
an
27:12
agogee
27:12
who'd
27:13
been
27:13
trained
27:13
by
27:14
older
27:14
warriors
27:14
as
27:15
a
27:15
child
27:15
and
27:15
kept
27:15
hidden
27:16
for
27:16
decades.
27:17
At
27:17
one
27:17
point,
27:18
Lupita
27:18
Nyong'o
27:19
was
27:19
attached
27:19
to
27:20
play
27:20
Nawi,
27:20
and
27:21
Nyong'o
27:21
also
27:22
played
27:22
former
27:22
Dora
27:23
Milaje,
27:23
now
27:24
international
27:24
spy
27:25
for
27:25
Wakanda
27:25
nakia,
27:26
in
27:26
black
27:27
panther.
27:27
Nyong'o
27:28
dropped
27:28
out
27:29
of
27:29
the
27:29
role
27:29
early
27:29
on
27:30
in
27:30
process.
27:31
Coincidentally,
27:31
after
27:32
fronting
27:32
the
27:33
documentary,
27:33
and
27:34
after
27:34
hearing
27:34
the
27:34
stories
27:35
of
27:35
ancestors
27:36
of
27:36
people
27:36
captured
27:37
and
27:37
enslaved
27:38
because
27:38
of
27:38
dahomey's
27:39
participation
27:39
in
27:40
the
27:40
slave
27:40
trade,
27:41
she
27:41
felt
27:41
uncomfortable
27:42
with
27:42
the
27:42
tribe's
27:43
legacy.
27:43
Violence.
27:44
The
27:45
character
27:45
of
27:45
Nawi
27:46
would
27:46
be
27:46
rewritten
27:47
younger,
27:47
and
27:48
Tuzo
27:48
Mbedu
27:49
would
27:49
be
27:49
cast
27:50
instead.
27:50
Mbedu
27:51
in
27:51
her
27:52
first
27:52
major
27:52
film
27:53
role
27:53
after
27:54
starring
27:54
in
27:54
Barry
27:54
Jenkins
27:55
series
27:55
the
27:55
underground
27:56
railroad
27:56
Alongside
27:57
co
27:57
star
27:57
Sheila
27:58
Atim,
27:59
and
27:59
as
27:59
her
27:59
character,
28:00
is
28:00
basically
28:00
given
28:01
to
28:01
the
28:01
king
28:01
for
28:01
being
28:02
insolent
28:02
and
28:03
refusing
28:03
to
28:03
take
28:03
part
28:04
in
28:04
an
28:04
arranged
28:04
marriage.
28:05
She
28:05
ends
28:05
up
28:06
training
28:06
to
28:06
be
28:06
an
28:07
Agoji
28:07
and
28:07
learns
28:08
of
28:08
her
28:08
biological
28:09
mother.
28:09
It
28:10
was
28:10
a
28:10
scene
28:10
that
28:10
was
28:10
incredibly
28:11
personal
28:11
to
28:12
director
28:12
Gina
28:13
Prince
28:13
bythewood,
28:14
who
28:14
was
28:14
herself
28:15
adopted
28:15
as
28:15
a
28:16
child,
28:16
and
28:16
it
28:17
consisted
28:17
of
28:17
dialogue
28:18
she
28:18
longed
28:18
to
28:19
hear
28:19
from
28:19
her
28:19
own
28:20
biological
28:20
mother.
28:21
Naniska
28:22
was
28:23
likely
28:23
inspired
28:24
by
28:24
an
28:24
Agoji
28:25
teenage
28:25
recruit
28:26
of
28:26
the
28:26
same
28:26
name
28:27
whose
28:27
fierce
28:27
execution
28:28
of
28:28
a
28:28
prisoner
28:29
was
28:29
recorded
28:29
by
28:30
a
28:30
French
28:30
naval
28:30
officer
28:31
in
28:31
1889,
28:33
but
28:33
also
28:33
partially
28:34
based
28:34
on
28:35
Ser
28:35
Dong
28:36
Hong
28:36
Bae,
28:36
one
28:37
of
28:37
the
28:37
most
28:37
well
28:37
known
28:38
leaders
28:38
of
28:38
the
28:38
Agoji,
28:39
leading
28:40
the
28:40
warriors
28:40
in
28:41
1851
28:41
to
28:42
obtain
28:42
slaves
28:43
from
28:43
the
28:43
Egber
28:43
people
28:44
for
28:44
the
28:44
Dahomey
28:45
slave
28:45
trade.
28:46
She
28:46
wasn't
28:47
mentioned
28:47
in
28:47
the
28:47
Franco
28:48
Dahomey
28:48
war,
28:49
so
28:49
chances
28:50
are
28:50
she
28:50
died
28:51
or
28:51
retired
28:51
beforehand.
28:52
In
28:53
1851,
28:54
British
28:54
Navy
28:54
Commander
28:55
and
28:55
Royal
28:55
Geographical
28:56
Society
28:56
member
28:57
Frederick
28:57
Edwin
28:58
Forbes
28:58
book
28:59
Dahomey
28:59
and
28:59
the
28:59
Dahomens
29:00
featured
29:01
a
29:01
hand
29:01
drawn
29:02
painting
29:02
of
29:02
Sedong
29:03
Hong
29:03
BAE
29:04
in
29:04
her
29:04
uniform,
29:05
carrying
29:05
on
29:05
the
29:06
skid
29:06
and
29:06
the
29:06
severed
29:07
head
29:07
of
29:07
an
29:07
African
29:08
captive.
29:08
Forbes
29:09
visited
29:09
the
29:09
dahomey
29:10
kingdom
29:10
between
29:11
1849-1850
29:13
with
29:13
the
29:13
goal
29:14
of
29:14
persuading
29:14
King
29:15
Gezo
29:15
to
29:15
put
29:16
an
29:16
end
29:16
to
29:16
the
29:16
Atlantic
29:17
slave
29:17
trade.
29:18
The
29:18
character
29:19
of
29:19
Santo
29:20
Pereira
29:20
was
29:20
loosely
29:21
inspired
29:21
by
29:21
Francisco
29:22
Felix
29:22
de
29:23
Souza,
29:23
a
29:23
Brazilian
29:24
slave
29:24
trader
29:25
who
29:25
was
29:25
an
29:25
ally
29:25
of
29:26
King
29:26
Gezo
29:27
and
29:27
became
29:27
an
29:27
important
29:28
figure
29:28
in
29:28
the
29:28
proliferation
29:29
and
29:30
continuation
29:31
of
29:31
the
29:31
Dahomey
29:32
slave
29:32
trade.
29:33
But
29:34
even
29:34
filming
29:34
the
29:34
movie
29:35
had
29:35
its
29:35
difficulties,
29:36
mostly
29:37
thanks
29:37
to
29:37
the
29:38
COVID
29:38
19
29:38
pandemic
29:39
which
29:40
struck
29:40
the
29:40
cast
29:41
and
29:41
crew
29:41
as
29:41
they
29:42
were
29:42
filming
29:42
in
29:42
cape
29:43
town
29:43
in
29:43
November
29:44
2021.
29:45
Production
29:46
ended
29:46
up
29:46
temporarily
29:47
shutting
29:47
down
29:47
for
29:47
several
29:48
weeks
29:48
as
29:49
infected
29:49
people
29:49
covered,
29:50
resuming
29:51
in
29:51
January
29:51
2022
29:52
with
29:53
new
29:53
stricter
29:53
COVID
29:54
protocols
29:54
in
29:55
place.
29:55
Outdoor
29:56
scenes
29:56
with
29:56
300
29:57
to
29:57
400
29:57
background
29:58
actors
29:58
were
29:59
limited
29:59
to
29:59
no
30:00
more
30:00
than
30:00
150.
30:01
The
30:01
actors
30:02
playing
30:02
the
30:02
Agoji
30:03
were
30:03
quarantined
30:04
in
30:04
a
30:04
hotel,
30:05
as
30:05
were
30:05
the
30:05
stunt
30:05
performers.
30:06
An
30:07
elaborate
30:07
11
30:08
day
30:08
battle
30:08
sequence
30:09
with
30:09
hundreds
30:09
of
30:09
actors
30:10
and
30:10
stunt
30:10
people
30:11
had
30:11
to
30:11
be
30:11
rescheduled
30:12
and
30:12
re
30:13
rehearsed
30:13
after
30:13
the
30:14
interruption.
30:15
Because
30:16
of
30:16
the
30:16
controversy
30:17
surrounding
30:17
the
30:18
accuracy
30:18
of
30:18
the
30:19
story
30:19
of
30:19
the
30:19
Woman
30:20
King,
30:20
several
30:21
news
30:21
outlets
30:21
published
30:22
stories
30:22
complaining
30:23
this
30:23
led
30:24
to
30:24
the
30:24
American
30:24
Descendants
30:25
of
30:25
Slavery
30:26
or
30:26
ADOs,
30:27
calling
30:28
to
30:28
boycott
30:28
the
30:29
movie,
30:29
arguing
30:29
it
30:30
glorified
30:30
a
30:30
nation
30:31
responsible
30:32
for
30:32
brutality
30:33
against
30:33
its
30:33
descendants.
30:34
Historians
30:35
weighed
30:35
in
30:36
viewing
30:36
their
30:36
concerns.
30:37
The
30:37
social
30:38
media
30:38
hashtag
30:39
Boycott
30:39
Womanking
30:40
trended
30:41
for
30:41
days
30:41
as
30:42
the
30:42
debate
30:42
raged
30:42
on
30:43
with
30:43
others
30:44
defending
30:44
the
30:44
uplifting
30:45
narrative
30:45
of
30:46
powerful
30:46
dark
30:46
skinned
30:47
black
30:47
women,
30:48
including
30:48
its
30:49
star
30:49
Viola
30:49
Davis
30:50
and
30:50
director
30:50
Gina
30:51
Prince
30:51
Bythewood
30:52
on
30:52
claims
30:53
the
30:53
movie
30:53
was
30:53
fictionalized,
30:55
Davis
30:55
responded
30:56
that
30:56
it
30:56
had
30:56
to
30:56
be.
30:57
It
30:57
was
30:57
a
30:57
movie,
30:58
it
30:58
was
30:58
there
30:58
to
30:58
entertain
30:59
and
30:59
if
31:00
people
31:00
wanted
31:00
further
31:01
education,
31:02
the
31:02
movie
31:03
was
31:03
a
31:03
jumping
31:03
point
31:04
for
31:04
that.
31:05
And
31:05
speaking
31:06
of
31:06
jumping
31:06
points,
31:06
it's
31:07
time
31:07
to
31:07
segue
31:08
into
31:08
the
31:08
obligatory
31:09
Keanu
31:09
reference
31:10
of
31:10
this
31:10
episode,
31:11
and
31:11
if
31:11
you
31:11
don't
31:11
know
31:11
what
31:12
that
31:12
is,
31:12
it's
31:12
where
31:13
I
31:13
link
31:13
the
31:13
movie
31:13
that
31:14
I'm
31:14
featuring
31:14
with
31:15
Keanu
31:15
Reeves.
31:16
As
31:16
it
31:16
turns
31:17
out,
31:17
it
31:17
is
31:17
pretty
31:18
difficult
31:18
to
31:18
link
31:18
Keanu
31:19
Reeves
31:19
to
31:19
the
31:20
Woman
31:20
King.
31:21
He's
31:21
not
31:21
a
31:22
woman
31:22
king,
31:23
but
31:23
he
31:23
is
31:24
a
31:24
respectful
31:24
king
31:25
towards
31:25
women
31:26
and
31:26
that
31:26
is
31:27
the
31:27
easiest
31:27
way
31:27
for
31:27
me
31:27
to
31:28
link
31:28
Keanu
31:28
to
31:28
the
31:29
Woman
31:29
King.
31:29
As
31:29
I
31:30
always
31:30
say,
31:30
all
31:31
men
31:31
should
31:31
be
31:32
more
31:32
like
31:32
Keanu
31:33
Reeves
31:33
and
31:34
Keanu
31:35
Reeves
31:35
is
31:35
a
31:35
respectful
31:36
king.
31:37
Now,
31:37
although
31:37
there
31:37
is
31:38
a
31:38
trailer
31:38
that
31:38
uses
31:39
a
31:39
Beyonce
31:40
track,
31:40
there
31:41
are
31:41
no
31:41
Beyonce
31:42
songs
31:42
on
31:42
the
31:43
official
31:43
soundtrack.
31:44
Composer
31:45
Terence
31:45
Blanchard,
31:46
who
31:47
collaborated
31:47
with
31:47
the
31:48
9
31:48
Voice
31:48
Vox
31:48
Noir
31:49
ensemble
31:50
in
31:50
his
31:50
opera
31:51
Fire
31:51
Shut
31:51
Up
31:51
In
31:52
My
31:52
Bones,
31:52
recruited
31:53
them
31:53
again
31:54
for
31:54
the
31:54
score
31:54
for
31:55
the
31:55
Woman
31:55
king.
31:56
They
31:56
spent
31:56
five
31:57
days
31:57
recording
31:57
with
31:58
the
31:58
78
31:59
member
31:59
Royal
31:59
Scottish
32:00
National
32:00
Orchestra
32:01
in
32:01
Glasgow
32:02
with
32:02
a
32:02
choir
32:03
led
32:03
by
32:03
Tezier
32:04
Kwateng,
32:05
a
32:05
Ghanaian
32:06
American
32:06
mezzo
32:07
soprano.
32:08
The
32:08
movie
32:08
also
32:08
features
32:09
three
32:09
chant
32:10
and
32:10
dance
32:10
numbers
32:11
by
32:11
South
32:11
African
32:12
composer
32:12
Lebo
32:13
M,
32:13
who
32:13
also
32:14
sang
32:14
the
32:14
opening
32:15
Zulu
32:15
chant
32:15
of
32:16
the
32:16
Circle
32:16
of
32:16
Life
32:17
from
32:17
the
32:17
Lion
32:17
King.
32:18
Jesse
32:19
Wilson,
32:19
Jeremy
32:20
Letito
32:20
and
32:20
Angelique
32:21
Kijo
32:22
wrote
32:22
and
32:22
performed
32:23
the
32:23
original
32:23
song
32:23
Keep
32:24
Rising
32:25
which
32:25
was
32:25
featured
32:25
in
32:26
the
32:26
end
32:26
credits.
32:27
Angelique
32:27
Kijo
32:28
has
32:28
a
32:28
small
32:29
role
32:29
in
32:29
the
32:29
movie
32:30
as
32:30
the
32:30
Muon.
32:31
So
32:31
despite
32:32
all
32:32
of
32:32
the
32:32
controversy
32:33
and
32:33
all
32:34
of
32:34
the
32:34
boycotting,
32:35
the
32:35
Woman
32:35
King
32:36
released
32:36
on
32:36
16
32:37
September
32:38
2022,
32:39
opening
32:40
at
32:40
number
32:40
one
32:40
at
32:41
the
32:41
domestic
32:41
box
32:41
office
32:42
with
32:42
not
32:43
a
32:43
great
32:43
deal
32:43
of
32:44
competition.
32:44
On
32:45
its
32:45
second
32:45
week,
32:45
Don't
32:46
Worry
32:46
Darling
32:47
released
32:47
and
32:47
went
32:47
to
32:48
number
32:48
one
32:48
with
32:48
the
32:49
Woman
32:49
King
32:49
dropping
32:49
to
32:50
second
32:50
just
32:50
above
32:51
a
32:51
re
32:51
release
32:51
of
32:52
Avatar
32:52
in
32:53
third.
32:53
In
32:54
its
32:54
third
32:54
week
32:54
it
32:54
dropped
32:55
to
32:55
third
32:55
and
32:55
it
32:56
stayed
32:56
in
32:56
the
32:56
top
32:57
ten
32:57
for
32:57
seven
32:57
weeks
32:58
on
32:58
its
32:59
$50
32:59
million
33:00
budget.
33:01
The
33:01
Woman
33:01
King
33:02
made
32:59
$67.3
33:03
million
33:04
domestically
33:05
in
33:05
the
33:05
US
33:06
and
33:04
$30.2
33:07
million
33:08
internationally
33:09
for
33:09
a
33:09
total
33:09
worldwide
33:10
gross
33:10
of
33:07
$97.6
33:10
million.
33:13
It
33:14
has
33:14
a
33:14
94%
33:15
to
33:15
Rotten
33:15
Tomatoes
33:16
with
33:17
all
33:17
out
33:17
praise
33:17
for
33:17
Viola
33:18
Davis
33:18
as
33:19
well
33:19
as
33:19
the
33:19
breakout
33:20
performance
33:20
by
33:21
Tusso
33:21
Bedou.
33:22
But
33:23
as
33:23
I've
33:23
mentioned,
33:23
there
33:24
is
33:24
also
33:24
a
33:24
lot
33:24
of
33:24
criticism
33:25
for
33:25
this
33:25
movie
33:26
and
33:26
honestly
33:27
much
33:27
of
33:27
it
33:27
feels
33:28
undeserved.
33:29
Were
33:29
the
33:29
same
33:29
people
33:30
calling
33:30
out
33:30
Braveheart
33:31
for
33:31
its
33:31
historical
33:32
inaccuracies?
33:33
Or
33:33
Titanic
33:34
or
33:34
Catch
33:34
Me
33:35
if
33:35
youf
33:35
can
33:35
or
33:36
any
33:36
other
33:36
Hollywood
33:37
movie
33:37
based
33:37
on
33:37
a
33:38
true
33:38
story.
33:39
I
33:39
mean
33:39
Titanic
33:39
just
33:40
gets
33:40
the
33:40
whole
33:40
two
33:40
people
33:41
could
33:41
fit
33:41
on
33:41
that
33:41
door
33:42
and
33:42
every
33:43
other
33:43
inaccuracy
33:44
seems
33:44
to
33:44
be
33:44
forgotten
33:45
about.
33:46
It
33:46
does
33:46
feel
33:46
like
33:46
a
33:47
lot
33:47
of
33:47
the
33:47
criticism
33:48
for
33:48
inaccuracy
33:49
is
33:50
unfairly
33:51
held
33:51
at
33:51
the
33:51
Woman
33:52
King.
33:52
It's
33:52
almost
33:53
as
33:53
if
33:53
black
33:53
women
33:54
need
33:54
to
33:54
work
33:54
10
33:55
times
33:55
as
33:55
hard
33:56
to
33:56
get
33:56
a
33:56
sliver
33:56
of
33:57
the
33:57
amount
33:57
of
33:57
recognition
33:58
and
33:58
reward.
33:59
Right.
34:01
Speaking
34:01
of,
34:02
while
34:02
the
34:03
woman
34:03
King
34:03
received
34:04
three
34:04
nominations
34:05
at
34:05
the
34:05
baftas
34:05
and
34:06
one
34:06
at
34:06
the
34:06
golden
34:07
Globes,
34:07
the
34:08
academy
34:08
awards
34:09
seemed
34:09
to
34:09
shut
34:09
the
34:10
movie
34:10
out
34:10
completely.
34:11
While
34:12
Viola
34:12
Davis
34:12
was
34:13
being
34:13
lauded
34:13
for
34:14
her
34:14
incredible
34:14
performance
34:15
as
34:15
Naniska,
34:16
receiving
34:16
a
34:16
bafta
34:17
nomination
34:17
and
34:18
a
34:18
golden
34:18
globe
34:19
nomination
34:19
for
34:19
best
34:20
actress,
34:20
as
34:20
well
34:21
as
34:21
a
34:21
screen
34:21
actors
34:22
guild
34:22
award
34:22
nomination
34:23
and
34:23
a
34:24
critics
34:24
choice
34:24
award
34:25
nomination,
34:25
the
34:26
academy
34:26
awards
34:27
seemed
34:27
completely
34:28
ignorant
34:29
of
34:29
the
34:29
movie.
34:30
Director
34:30
Gina
34:31
Prince
34:31
Bythewood
34:32
would
34:32
state
34:32
in
34:32
an
34:32
interview
34:33
with
34:33
new
34:33
Hollywood
34:34
reporter
34:34
that,
34:34
quote,
34:35
the
34:35
woman
34:36
King
34:36
wasn't
34:36
snubbed.
34:37
A
34:37
snub
34:37
is
34:38
if
34:38
it
34:38
missed
34:38
out
34:38
on
34:39
a
34:39
category
34:39
or
34:39
two.
34:40
The
34:40
film
34:40
was
34:40
not
34:41
nominated
34:41
for
34:41
one
34:42
single
34:42
craft.
34:43
Not
34:43
one
34:43
single
34:44
extraordinary
34:45
performance
34:45
was
34:45
recognized.
34:46
And
34:46
when
34:47
has
34:47
that
34:47
happened?
34:47
For
34:48
a
34:48
successful
34:48
film
34:49
that
34:49
hit
34:49
all
34:49
the
34:50
so
34:50
called
34:50
markers,
34:51
it's
34:51
not
34:52
a
34:52
snub.
34:52
It's
34:53
a
34:53
reflection
34:53
of
34:53
where
34:53
the
34:54
academy
34:54
stands
34:55
and
34:55
the
34:55
constant
34:56
chasm
34:56
between
34:56
black
34:57
excellence
34:57
and
34:58
recognition.
34:59
And
34:59
sadly,
34:59
this
35:00
is
35:00
not
35:00
just
35:00
an
35:00
issue
35:01
in
35:01
Hollywood
35:02
but
35:02
in
35:02
every
35:02
industry.
35:03
I'm
35:03
going
35:04
to
35:04
use
35:04
a
35:04
Dr.
35:04
King
35:05
quote
35:05
because
35:05
it's
35:06
so
35:06
apropos
35:07
in
35:07
that
35:07
he
35:08
spoke
35:08
on
35:08
the
35:08
lie
35:09
of
35:09
our
35:09
inferiority
35:10
accepted
35:11
as
35:11
truth
35:11
in
35:11
the
35:12
society
35:12
dominating
35:13
us.
35:13
As
35:14
I
35:14
moved
35:14
through
35:14
this
35:15
awards
35:15
season,
35:15
I
35:16
was
35:16
struck
35:16
by
35:16
the
35:16
academy
35:17
members
35:17
who
35:18
simply
35:18
didn't
35:18
want
35:19
to
35:19
see
35:19
the
35:19
film.
35:20
People
35:20
thought
35:20
it
35:20
was
35:21
a
35:21
compliment
35:21
at
35:21
some
35:22
of
35:22
our
35:22
screenings
35:22
to
35:23
tell
35:23
me
35:23
they
35:23
had
35:23
to
35:24
be
35:24
dragged
35:24
there
35:25
because
35:25
they
35:25
didn't
35:25
think
35:25
it
35:26
was
35:26
a
35:26
film
35:26
for
35:26
them
35:27
or
35:27
spoke
35:27
of
35:27
contemporaries
35:28
who
35:28
couldn't
35:29
be
35:29
convinced
35:29
to
35:29
come
35:30
with
35:30
them
35:30
and
35:30
being
35:31
so
35:31
surprised
35:31
by
35:32
how
35:32
much
35:32
they
35:32
loved
35:32
the
35:33
film.
35:33
To
35:34
hear
35:34
that
35:34
over
35:35
and
35:35
over,
35:35
it's
35:35
tough
35:36
to
35:36
stomach.
35:36
I
35:37
don't
35:37
approach
35:37
any
35:37
film
35:38
like
35:38
that.
35:38
I
35:39
saw
35:39
everything
35:39
everywhere
35:40
all
35:40
at
35:40
once.
35:41
And
35:41
top
35:41
maverick
35:42
because
35:42
I
35:42
heard
35:43
they
35:43
were
35:43
really
35:43
good.
35:44
When
35:44
you
35:44
hear
35:44
that,
35:45
you
35:45
go
35:45
to
35:45
the
35:45
movie
35:45
or
35:46
you
35:46
look
35:46
at
35:46
the
35:46
trailer
35:47
and
35:47
say,
35:47
I
35:47
want
35:47
to
35:48
see
35:48
that.
35:48
That
35:49
looks
35:49
good
35:49
to
35:49
me.
35:50
We
35:50
black
35:50
women
35:51
do
35:51
not
35:51
get
35:51
that
35:52
same
35:52
grace.
35:53
So
35:53
the
35:53
question
35:53
we
35:53
need
35:54
to
35:54
ask
35:54
is
35:55
why
35:55
is
35:55
it
35:55
so
35:55
hard
35:56
to
35:56
relate
35:56
to
35:56
the
35:57
work
35:57
of
35:57
your
35:57
black
35:57
peers?
35:58
What
35:59
is
35:59
this
35:59
inability
35:59
of
36:00
academy
36:00
voters
36:01
to
36:01
see
36:01
black
36:01
women
36:02
and
36:02
their
36:02
humanity
36:03
and
36:03
their
36:03
heroism
36:04
as
36:05
relatable
36:05
to
36:05
themselves,
36:06
unquote.
36:07
I'm
36:08
going
36:08
to
36:08
actually
36:08
link
36:09
the
36:09
complete
36:10
article
36:11
of
36:11
Gina
36:11
Prince
36:12
bytheword's
36:12
interview
36:13
with
36:13
the
36:13
Hollywood
36:13
Reporter
36:14
because
36:14
it
36:15
is
36:15
a
36:15
fascinating
36:16
interview
36:17
and
36:17
also
36:17
highlights,
36:18
I
36:18
think,
36:18
a
36:18
lot
36:19
of
36:19
the
36:19
struggles
36:19
that
36:20
black
36:20
women
36:20
still
36:21
face
36:21
in
36:21
Hollywood
36:22
and
36:22
black
36:23
people
36:23
in
36:23
general
36:24
still
36:24
face
36:24
in
36:24
Hollywood
36:25
that
36:25
despite
36:26
Them
36:26
making
36:27
excellent
36:27
movies
36:28
like
36:28
this
36:28
one
36:28
that
36:28
there
36:29
was
36:29
so
36:29
much
36:29
apathy
36:30
around
36:30
it
36:31
from
36:31
people
36:31
in
36:32
Hollywood,
36:33
like,
36:33
are
36:33
they
36:33
okay?
36:35
In
36:35
2022,
36:36
John
36:36
Boyega
36:37
pitched
36:37
a
36:37
sequel
36:38
of
36:38
sorts
36:38
to
36:39
the
36:39
Woman
36:39
King,
36:40
which
36:40
would
36:40
show
36:40
King
36:41
Gezo
36:41
as
36:41
a
36:41
younger
36:42
man
36:42
to
36:42
show
36:43
the
36:43
unfavorable
36:44
side
36:44
of
36:44
Dahomey's
36:45
history
36:45
and
36:46
basically
36:46
depict
36:46
him
36:47
as
36:47
the
36:47
villain.
36:48
Having
36:48
a
36:48
movie
36:49
where
36:49
Boyega's
36:50
king
36:50
is
36:50
a
36:50
more
36:50
antagonistic
36:51
character
36:52
worked
36:52
to
36:52
raise
36:53
the
36:53
historical
36:53
inaccuracies
36:54
of
36:54
the
36:54
Woman
36:55
King,
36:55
but
36:56
it
36:56
would
36:56
at
36:56
least
36:56
go
36:57
some
36:57
way
36:57
towards
36:57
presenting
36:58
a
36:58
more
36:58
accurate
36:59
depiction
36:59
of
37:00
historical
37:00
events.
37:01
But
37:01
so
37:02
far,
37:02
no
37:02
sequel
37:03
or
37:03
indeed
37:03
prequel
37:04
is
37:04
forthcoming.
37:06
Regardless
37:07
of
37:07
the
37:07
criticisms
37:08
about
37:08
inaccuracies,
37:09
I
37:10
see
37:10
one
37:10
thing
37:10
and
37:11
one
37:11
thing
37:11
only
37:11
when
37:12
I
37:12
watch
37:12
this
37:12
movie.
37:13
Empowered
37:14
black
37:15
women
37:15
in
37:15
a
37:16
movie
37:16
that
37:16
places
37:16
those
37:17
women
37:17
in
37:17
positions
37:18
that
37:18
mainstream
37:19
Hollywood
37:20
never
37:20
really
37:21
has.
37:21
For
37:22
all
37:22
Black
37:22
Panther
37:23
did,
37:23
the
37:23
focus
37:24
was
37:24
on
37:24
T'Challa
37:25
and
37:25
the
37:25
wonderful
37:26
late
37:26
Chadwick
37:27
Boseman.
37:28
Women
37:28
were
37:28
present
37:29
in
37:29
Black
37:29
Panther
37:30
and
37:30
women
37:30
were
37:30
highlighted,
37:31
but
37:32
not
37:32
like
37:32
this.
37:33
And
37:33
here's
37:34
the
37:34
thing.
37:34
If
37:34
you
37:34
want
37:35
a
37:35
history
37:35
lesson,
37:36
go
37:36
to
37:36
a
37:36
history
37:37
class.
37:37
This
37:38
movie
37:38
has
37:38
its
37:38
detractors,
37:39
but
37:40
it
37:40
did
37:40
a
37:40
great
37:40
job
37:41
telling
37:41
a
37:41
story
37:41
that
37:42
we
37:42
would
37:42
never
37:42
have
37:43
otherwise
37:43
known
37:43
of.
37:44
I'm
37:44
going
37:44
to
37:44
say
37:45
it
37:45
again.
37:45
History
37:46
is
37:46
told
37:46
by
37:46
the
37:47
victors.
37:48
Why
37:48
would
37:48
colonizing
37:49
nations
37:50
know
37:50
of
37:50
female
37:51
warrior
37:51
tribes?
37:52
You
37:52
sometimes
37:53
have
37:53
to
37:53
have
37:53
a
37:53
little
37:54
dramatic
37:54
license
37:55
in
37:55
movies
37:55
like
37:55
this,
37:56
and
37:56
that's
37:56
okay.
37:57
The
37:58
horrors
37:58
of
37:58
the
37:58
slave
37:59
trade
37:59
are
37:59
there.
37:59
They're
38:00
just
38:00
not
38:00
as
38:00
explicit
38:01
as
38:02
they
38:02
were
38:02
in
38:02
real
38:03
life.
38:03
When
38:04
asked
38:04
about
38:04
the
38:04
historical
38:05
accuracy
38:06
of
38:06
the
38:06
Woman
38:06
King,
38:06
in
38:07
an
38:07
interview
38:07
with
38:07
Buzzfeed,
38:08
John
38:08
Boyega
38:09
said,
38:09
quote,
38:10
I
38:10
think
38:10
this
38:11
film
38:11
has
38:11
a
38:11
very
38:11
nuanced
38:12
take
38:12
on
38:12
that
38:12
time
38:13
in
38:13
history.
38:14
It's
38:14
a
38:14
movie
38:14
about
38:15
self
38:15
reflection,
38:16
It's
38:16
a
38:16
movie
38:16
about
38:17
trauma,
38:17
and
38:17
it's
38:18
a
38:18
movie
38:18
about
38:18
pain.
38:19
As
38:19
creators,
38:20
we
38:20
are
38:20
here
38:20
to
38:21
shine
38:21
a
38:21
light
38:21
on
38:21
the
38:22
realities
38:22
of
38:22
the
38:22
world.
38:23
We're
38:23
not
38:23
necessarily
38:24
always
38:24
here
38:25
to
38:25
preach
38:25
a
38:25
very
38:26
accepting
38:26
message.
38:27
Art
38:28
can
38:28
live
38:28
in
38:28
a
38:28
moral
38:29
or
38:29
immoral
38:30
space
38:30
and
38:30
could
38:31
sometimes
38:31
just
38:31
be
38:32
about
38:32
shining
38:32
a
38:32
light
38:33
on
38:33
human
38:34
nature,
38:34
history,
38:35
and
38:35
the
38:35
reality
38:36
of
38:36
that
38:36
conflict.
38:37
So
38:37
for
38:38
me,
38:38
including
38:39
that
38:39
just
38:39
shows
38:40
that
38:40
there
38:40
is
38:40
a
38:40
way
38:40
in
38:41
which
38:41
we
38:41
can
38:41
embrace
38:42
stories
38:42
that
38:42
accept
38:43
the
38:43
fact
38:43
that
38:43
humanity
38:44
is
38:44
not
38:44
perfect
38:45
while
38:45
also
38:46
being
38:46
entertaining
38:47
and
38:47
something
38:48
you
38:48
can
38:48
learn
38:48
from,
38:49
unquote.
38:50
One
38:50
thing
38:51
that
38:51
this
38:51
movie
38:51
does
38:52
very
38:52
well
38:52
in
38:52
its
38:52
narrative
38:53
surrounding
38:54
enslaved
38:54
people
38:55
is
38:55
how
38:56
despicable
38:56
it
38:57
is
38:57
and
38:58
also
38:58
how
38:58
easy
38:58
it
38:59
seems
38:59
to
38:59
be
38:59
for
39:00
these
39:00
people
39:00
to
39:00
profit
39:01
off
39:01
selling
39:02
Africans
39:02
to
39:02
the
39:03
highest
39:03
bidder.
39:04
It
39:04
made
39:04
me
39:04
Feel
39:05
very
39:05
uncomfortable
39:06
as
39:06
to
39:06
the
39:06
ease
39:06
of
39:07
those
39:07
trades.
39:08
But
39:08
I
39:08
guess
39:08
that's
39:09
the
39:09
point.
39:09
By
39:10
this
39:10
time,
39:10
the
39:10
slave
39:11
trade
39:11
was
39:11
the
39:12
primary
39:12
source
39:12
of
39:12
income
39:13
for
39:13
many
39:13
people,
39:14
both
39:14
colonizing
39:15
nations
39:15
and
39:16
African
39:16
nations.
39:17
If
39:17
the
39:17
movie
39:18
had
39:18
gone
39:18
deeper
39:18
into
39:19
the
39:19
accuracy
39:19
of
39:19
the
39:20
Atlantic
39:20
slave
39:20
trade,
39:21
I
39:21
feel
39:21
like
39:21
the
39:22
movie
39:22
just
39:22
wouldn't
39:23
work
39:23
as
39:23
what
39:23
it's
39:24
supposed
39:24
to
39:24
be.
39:25
A
39:25
story
39:25
of
39:25
empowerment,
39:26
of
39:27
women's
39:27
stories,
39:28
of
39:28
black
39:28
excellence,
39:29
of
39:29
black
39:30
women's
39:30
excellence.
39:31
It
39:31
would
39:32
be
39:32
deeply
39:32
uncomfortable.
39:33
I
39:33
get
39:33
that's
39:33
the
39:34
point.
39:34
But
39:34
in
39:35
doing
39:35
so,
39:35
you're
39:35
taking
39:36
away
39:36
from
39:36
the
39:36
women
39:37
at
39:37
the
39:37
center
39:37
of
39:37
this
39:38
story
39:38
who
39:38
are
39:39
not
39:39
enslaved.
39:40
African
39:41
history
39:41
is
39:41
complex.
39:42
The
39:42
history
39:42
of
39:42
slavery
39:43
is
39:43
complex.
39:44
But
39:44
fundamentally,
39:45
without
39:45
colonizing
39:46
nations
39:46
in
39:47
Europe
39:47
and
39:47
America
39:48
driving
39:48
the
39:48
slave
39:49
trade,
39:49
African
39:50
nations
39:50
wouldn't
39:51
also
39:51
be
39:51
complicit
39:52
in
39:52
it
39:52
and
39:53
profiting
39:53
off
39:54
of
39:54
it.
39:54
So
39:54
I
39:55
guess
39:55
what
39:55
I'm
39:55
basically
39:55
saying
39:56
is
39:56
white
39:57
people
39:57
are
39:57
still
39:57
at
39:58
fault.
39:58
And
39:59
to
39:59
have
39:59
a
39:59
period
39:59
movie
40:00
starring
40:01
primarily
40:01
dark
40:02
skinned
40:02
black
40:02
people
40:03
where
40:03
the
40:03
lead
40:04
actors
40:04
aren't
40:04
just
40:05
playing
40:05
slaves
40:06
is,
40:06
quite
40:06
frankly,
40:07
something
40:07
we
40:07
need
40:08
more
40:08
of
40:08
from
40:09
Hollywood
40:09
movies.
40:10
And
40:10
I'm
40:10
speaking
40:11
as
40:11
a
40:11
very
40:12
white,
40:12
very
40:13
British
40:13
millennial.
40:14
I
40:14
would
40:15
have
40:15
loved
40:15
to
40:15
have
40:16
seen
40:16
this
40:16
growing
40:16
up.
40:17
I
40:17
would
40:17
have
40:17
wanted
40:18
to
40:18
see
40:18
these
40:18
stories.
40:19
To
40:19
have
40:19
this
40:20
movie
40:20
made
40:20
so
40:20
incredibly
40:21
by
40:21
a
40:21
team
40:22
of
40:22
primarily
40:22
women
40:23
and
40:23
women
40:23
of
40:24
color
40:24
must
40:25
be
40:25
incredibly
40:25
inspirational
40:26
for
40:27
black
40:27
women
40:28
and
40:28
girls.
40:28
Something
40:29
made
40:29
for
40:29
the
40:29
diaspora.
40:30
And
40:30
bringing
40:31
together
40:31
a
40:31
team
40:32
of
40:32
people
40:32
from
40:32
different
40:33
African
40:33
backgrounds
40:34
being
40:34
filmed
40:35
in
40:35
South
40:35
Africa,
40:36
it
40:36
makes
40:36
you
40:36
realize
40:37
how
40:37
starved
40:37
we
40:38
all
40:38
are
40:38
of
40:39
stories
40:39
from
40:39
Africa,
40:40
of
40:40
Hollywood
40:41
movies
40:41
set
40:41
in
40:42
Africa,
40:42
of
40:42
movies
40:43
featuring
40:43
Africans
40:44
where
40:44
there's
40:45
no
40:45
white
40:45
savior.
40:46
There
40:46
is
40:47
a
40:47
mixed
40:47
race
40:47
guy.
40:48
But
40:48
while
40:49
he,
40:49
quote
40:49
unquote,
40:50
saves
40:50
Nawi
40:51
by
40:51
buying
40:51
her,
40:52
she's
40:52
then
40:52
free
40:52
to
40:53
go
40:53
back
40:53
to
40:53
Dahomey
40:53
without
40:54
him,
40:54
despite
40:54
being
40:55
promised
40:55
a
40:55
life
40:55
in
40:56
Britain.
40:56
But
40:57
to
40:57
be
40:57
honest,
40:57
I
40:57
can
40:57
imagine
40:58
19th
40:59
century
40:59
Britain
41:00
not
41:00
being
41:00
the
41:01
most
41:01
welcoming
41:01
place
41:02
for
41:02
a
41:02
young
41:03
black
41:03
woman.
41:04
And
41:04
while
41:04
I
41:05
wasn't
41:05
sure
41:05
about
41:06
a
41:06
shark
41:06
tooth
41:06
staying
41:07
under
41:07
a
41:07
baby's
41:08
skin
41:08
for
41:08
the
41:08
best
41:08
part
41:09
of
41:09
18
41:09
years,
41:10
I
41:10
did
41:10
find
41:10
a
41:11
story
41:11
about
41:11
a
41:11
surfer
41:12
who
41:12
was
41:12
attacked
41:12
while
41:13
surfing
41:13
when
41:13
he
41:14
was
41:14
13.
41:14
And
41:15
a
41:15
piece
41:15
of
41:15
whatever
41:16
it
41:16
was,
41:16
his
41:16
tooth,
41:17
was
41:17
embedded
41:18
in
41:18
his
41:18
foot
41:18
for
41:18
almost
41:19
20
41:19
years.
41:20
His
41:20
immune
41:20
system
41:21
had
41:21
started
41:21
to
41:21
break
41:22
it
41:22
down,
41:22
but
41:22
it
41:23
got
41:23
extracted
41:24
and
41:24
the
41:24
now
41:25
adult
41:25
Jeff
41:25
Weakley
41:26
went
41:27
to
41:27
the
41:27
Florida
41:27
Museum
41:28
of
41:28
Natural
41:28
History
41:29
to
41:29
find
41:29
out
41:30
what
41:30
the
41:30
sliver
41:30
of
41:30
tooth
41:31
was.
41:31
They
41:32
found
41:32
out
41:32
it
41:32
was
41:33
in
41:33
fact
41:33
a
41:33
shark's
41:34
tooth.
41:34
A
41:34
black
41:35
tip
41:35
shark,
41:35
to
41:36
be
41:36
precise.
41:36
Anyway,
41:37
it's
41:37
really
41:37
the
41:37
only
41:38
part
41:38
of
41:38
the
41:38
movie
41:39
I
41:39
question
41:39
and
41:40
narratively
41:40
it
41:41
is
41:41
the
41:41
only
41:41
way
41:41
we
41:41
can
41:42
know
41:42
that
41:42
Nawi
41:43
is
41:43
Naniska's
41:44
child
41:44
because
41:44
there
41:45
was
41:45
no
41:45
DNA
41:46
testing
41:46
in
41:46
1823,
41:47
but
41:48
I
41:48
still
41:48
think
41:48
a
41:48
baby's
41:49
immune
41:49
system
41:50
would
41:50
have
41:50
expelled
41:51
that
41:51
tooth.
41:52
I
41:52
don't
41:52
know
41:52
if
41:52
you
41:52
are
41:53
a
41:53
scientist
41:53
and
41:54
you
41:54
know
41:54
of
41:54
baby
41:55
biology,
41:56
let
41:56
me
41:56
know
41:57
what
41:57
you
41:57
think
41:58
about
41:58
the
41:58
shark
41:58
tooth,
41:59
but
41:59
it
42:00
does
42:00
just
42:00
seem
42:00
a
42:00
little
42:01
bit
42:01
far
42:01
fetched
42:02
to
42:02
me.
42:03
Anyway,
42:04
minor
42:04
gripes
42:04
aside,
42:05
and
42:05
my
42:05
gripes
42:05
with
42:06
this
42:06
movie
42:06
are
42:06
so
42:06
unbelievably
42:07
minor.
42:08
I
42:08
love
42:08
this
42:09
movie
42:09
so
42:09
much.
42:10
I
42:10
love
42:10
Viola
42:11
Davis.
42:11
I
42:11
think
42:11
she
42:12
is
42:12
so
42:12
badass
42:13
and
42:13
I
42:13
always
42:14
thought
42:14
she
42:14
was
42:15
such
42:15
an
42:15
incredible
42:16
dramatic
42:16
actor
42:17
and
42:17
then
42:17
I
42:17
find
42:18
out
42:18
she
42:18
is
42:19
and
42:19
she
42:19
can
42:19
kick
42:19
ass
42:20
as
42:20
well.
42:21
Honestly,
42:21
such
42:22
a
42:22
powerhouse
42:22
of
42:22
a
42:23
woman
42:23
and
42:23
I
42:24
have
42:24
loved
42:24
Lashana
42:25
lynch
42:25
since
42:25
Captain
42:25
Marvel
42:26
and
42:26
I
42:26
will
42:26
still
42:26
go
42:27
to
42:27
bat
42:27
for
42:27
that
42:28
movie
42:28
and
42:28
for
42:29
Maria
42:29
Rambeau,
42:30
who
42:30
was
42:30
a
42:30
character
42:30
gone
42:31
far
42:31
too
42:31
soon
42:32
in
42:32
my
42:32
opinion.
42:33
Lashana
42:33
lynch
42:34
is
42:34
such
42:34
an
42:34
incredible
42:35
talent.
42:35
The
42:35
whole
42:35
cast
42:36
are
42:36
perfect
42:37
and
42:37
I
42:37
hope
42:37
we
42:38
see
42:38
the
42:38
rise
42:38
of
42:39
Tusso
42:39
and
42:39
Bedu
42:40
because
42:40
this
42:41
was
42:41
her
42:41
first
42:41
major
42:42
movie
42:42
role
42:42
and
42:43
she
42:43
holds
42:43
her
42:43
own
42:44
against
42:44
Viola
42:45
freaking
42:45
Davis.
42:46
And
42:46
I
42:46
love
42:46
how
42:47
Naniska
42:47
learns
42:48
and
42:48
grows
42:48
from
42:48
her
42:49
relationship
42:49
with
42:49
Nawi
42:50
just
42:50
as
42:50
Nawi
42:51
grows
42:51
from
42:51
hers
42:52
with
42:52
Naniska.
42:53
It
42:53
is
42:53
a
42:54
beautiful
42:54
movie
42:55
about
42:55
love
42:55
and
42:56
friendship
42:56
and
42:56
sisterhood
42:57
and
42:58
kicking
42:59
ass.
42:59
I
42:59
am
43:00
so
43:00
sad
43:00
this
43:00
movie
43:01
didn't
43:01
get
43:01
any
43:01
Academy
43:02
Awards
43:02
recognition
43:03
and
43:03
considering
43:04
the
43:04
Academy
43:05
has
43:05
been
43:05
trying
43:05
to
43:05
stave
43:06
off
43:06
the
43:06
Oscars
43:07
so
43:07
white
43:08
controversy,
43:09
you'd
43:09
think
43:09
this
43:09
would
43:10
be
43:10
the
43:10
perfect
43:10
movie
43:11
to
43:11
uplift
43:11
and
43:11
highlight.
43:12
There
43:13
is
43:13
no
43:13
better
43:13
movie
43:14
to
43:14
kick
43:14
off
43:14
women's
43:15
history
43:15
than
43:16
than
43:16
the
43:16
incredible,
43:17
mostly
43:17
true
43:18
story
43:18
of
43:19
the
43:19
Agoji.
43:20
To
43:21
be
43:21
a
43:21
warrior,
43:21
you
43:22
must
43:22
kill
43:22
your
43:22
tears.
43:23
No.
43:24
To
43:24
be
43:24
a
43:24
warrior
43:25
you
43:25
learn
43:25
to
43:25
fight
43:25
together,
43:26
to
43:26
go
43:27
back
43:27
for
43:27
the
43:27
fallen,
43:28
to
43:28
surround
43:28
your
43:28
sisters
43:29
with
43:29
love,
43:30
to
43:30
grieve
43:30
your
43:30
losses
43:31
and
43:31
forgive
43:31
the
43:32
innocent.
43:33
To
43:33
be
43:33
a
43:33
warrior,
43:34
you
43:34
find
43:34
the
43:34
man
43:35
who
43:35
wronged
43:35
you
43:36
and
43:36
you
43:36
make
43:36
him
43:37
remember
43:37
exactly
43:38
who
43:38
you
43:38
are.
43:39
They
43:40
do
43:40
not
43:40
know
43:41
the
43:41
evil
43:41
that
43:41
is
43:42
coming.
43:42
Turn
43:43
your
43:43
back
43:44
and
43:44
see
43:44
how
43:44
true
43:45
my
43:45
aim
43:45
is.
43:46
Thank
43:46
you
43:47
for
43:47
listening.
43:47
As
43:47
always,
43:47
I
43:48
would
43:48
love
43:48
to
43:48
hear
43:48
your
43:48
thoughts
43:48
on
43:49
the
43:49
Woman
43:49
King
43:50
and
43:50
thank
43:50
you
43:51
for
43:51
your
43:51
continued
43:51
support
43:52
of
43:52
this
43:52
podcast.
43:53
If
43:54
you
43:54
want
43:54
to
43:54
get
43:54
involved
43:54
and
43:55
help
43:55
this
43:55
podcast
43:55
grow,
43:56
you
43:56
can
43:57
leave
43:57
a
43:57
rating
43:57
or
43:58
review
43:58
wherever
43:58
you
43:58
found
43:59
this
43:59
podcast.
44:00
You
44:00
can
44:01
find
44:01
me
44:01
at
44:01
verbal
44:02
diorama
44:02
all
44:03
across
44:03
social
44:03
media.
44:04
You
44:04
can
44:05
like
44:05
post,
44:06
you
44:06
can
44:06
follow
44:06
me,
44:07
you
44:07
can
44:07
share
44:07
posts,
44:08
you
44:08
can
44:08
comment
44:09
on
44:09
posts
44:10
that
44:10
all
44:10
helps
44:10
with
44:11
visibility.
44:12
Or
44:12
you
44:12
could
44:13
also
44:13
tell
44:13
your
44:13
friends
44:14
and
44:14
family
44:14
about
44:15
this
44:15
podcast
44:16
and
44:16
about
44:16
this
44:16
episode.
44:17
And
44:17
if
44:18
you
44:18
like
44:18
this
44:18
episode
44:19
on
44:19
the
44:19
Woman
44:19
King,
44:20
you
44:20
might
44:20
also
44:21
like
44:21
a
44:21
different
44:22
movie,
44:22
but
44:23
also
44:23
a
44:23
movie
44:24
purely
44:24
focused
44:25
on
44:25
the
44:25
excellence
44:26
of
44:26
Black
44:26
women.
44:27
A
44:27
couple
44:27
of
44:28
years
44:28
ago
44:28
I
44:28
did
44:29
an
44:29
episode
44:29
on
44:30
the
44:30
movie
44:30
Hidden
44:31
Figures,
44:31
which
44:32
again
44:32
was
44:33
a
44:33
movie
44:33
that
44:34
I
44:34
didn't
44:34
know
44:34
anything
44:35
about
44:35
these
44:36
amazing
44:37
Black
44:37
female
44:37
mathematicians
44:38
who
44:38
worked
44:39
at
44:39
NASA.
44:39
Now
44:40
again,
44:40
Hidden
44:41
Figures
44:41
is
44:41
not
44:42
completely
44:42
accurate
44:43
to
44:43
the
44:43
experience
44:44
of
44:44
these
44:45
women
44:45
who
44:46
worked
44:46
at
44:46
NASA
44:46
in
44:46
the
44:47
60s.
44:47
However,
44:48
it
44:48
is
44:48
an
44:48
incredible
44:49
movie
44:50
with
44:50
some
44:50
incredible
44:51
performances
44:51
in
44:51
it
44:52
and
44:52
I
44:52
feel
44:52
like
44:53
if
44:53
you
44:53
wanted
44:54
to
44:54
have
44:55
a
44:55
Black
44:55
female
44:56
excellence
44:56
double
44:57
bill,
44:57
you
44:58
couldn't
44:58
go
44:58
wrong
44:58
with
44:58
the
44:59
Woman
44:59
King
44:59
and
44:59
Hidden
45:00
Figures.
45:00
My
45:01
episode
45:01
on
45:01
Hidden
45:02
figures
45:02
is
45:02
episode
45:03
204.
45:05
So
45:05
the
45:05
next
45:06
episode
45:06
of
45:06
this
45:06
podcast
45:07
we
45:07
are
45:07
going
45:08
from
45:08
the
45:08
Woman
45:08
King
45:09
to
45:10
the
45:10
Virgin
45:11
Queen,
45:11
Queen
45:12
Elizabeth
45:12
ii.
45:13
The
45:13
late
45:13
Queen
45:14
of
45:14
the
45:14
UK
45:15
isn't
45:16
a
45:16
direct
45:16
descendant
45:17
of
45:17
Queen
45:18
Elizabeth
45:18
the
45:18
First,
45:19
but
45:19
they
45:19
share
45:20
a
45:20
name,
45:21
long
45:21
reigns
45:21
and
45:22
lasting
45:22
legacies.
45:23
Elizabeth
45:24
I
45:24
ruled
45:25
over
45:25
England,
45:26
Wales
45:26
and
45:26
Ireland
45:27
from
45:27
1558
45:28
until
45:29
her
45:29
death
45:29
in
45:29
1603.
45:31
She
45:31
successfully
45:32
navigated
45:32
political
45:33
turmoil,
45:34
promoted
45:34
the
45:34
arts
45:35
and
45:35
ensured
45:36
a
45:36
powerful
45:36
Navy.
45:37
In
45:38
1998,
45:38
a
45:39
lavish
45:39
adaptation
45:40
of
45:40
Elizabeth's
45:41
early
45:41
years
45:41
introduced
45:42
the
45:42
world
45:42
to
45:43
the
45:43
powerhouse
45:44
that
45:44
is
45:45
Cate
45:45
Blanchett.
45:46
And
45:46
so
45:46
the
45:46
next
45:47
episode
45:47
of
45:47
this
45:48
podcast
45:48
is
45:48
going
45:48
to
45:49
be
45:49
on
45:49
the
45:49
history
45:50
and
45:50
legacy
45:51
of
45:51
Elizabeth
45:52
from
45:53
1998
45:54
and
45:54
I
45:54
hope
45:55
you
45:55
will
45:55
join
45:55
me
45:55
for
45:56
that.
45:56
Now,
45:57
as
45:57
I
45:57
always
45:57
say,
45:58
it
45:58
is
45:58
absolutely
45:59
free
45:59
to
45:59
listen
45:59
to
45:59
this
46:00
podcast.
46:00
There
46:00
will
46:00
never
46:01
be
46:01
any
46:01
charge
46:01
to
46:01
listen
46:02
to
46:02
this
46:02
podcast,
46:03
but
46:03
unfortunately
46:04
it
46:04
is
46:04
not
46:04
free
46:05
to
46:05
make
46:05
a
46:05
podcast
46:06
and
46:06
I
46:06
do
46:07
rely
46:07
on
46:08
some
46:08
incredible
46:08
people
46:09
to
46:09
help
46:09
me
46:10
with
46:10
this
46:10
podcast.
46:11
You
46:11
are
46:11
under
46:12
no
46:12
obligation
46:12
to
46:13
join
46:13
them.
46:13
However,
46:13
if
46:14
you
46:14
get
46:14
value
46:14
out
46:15
of
46:15
what
46:15
I
46:15
do
46:15
and
46:16
you
46:16
want
46:16
to
46:16
support
46:17
an
46:17
indie
46:17
creator
46:18
who
46:18
does
46:18
everything
46:19
by
46:19
herself,
46:20
then
46:20
there
46:20
are
46:20
two
46:20
ways
46:21
you
46:21
could
46:21
support
46:21
Verbal
46:22
Diorama.
46:23
The
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