On #LaborDay I watch a film about #slavery b/c if we’re going to recognize the #workforce, we should acknowledge that the #US achieved great success by forcing #Black bodies to perform free labor. This year’s pick #TheWomanKing was amazing. I ❤️#ViolaDavis
#BlackMastodon

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_woman_king

Just watched #TheWomanKing again and have a fresh burning resentment for everyone who failed to give Viola Davis every last honor there is.

"Viola Davis, my woman king" 🎶

👑 #TheWomanKing

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/real-warriors-woman-king-dahomey-agojie-amazons-180980750/

"Viola Davis, my wonan king" 🎶

👑 #TheWomanKing

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/real-warriors-woman-king-dahomey-agojie-amazons-180980750/

#TheWomanKing war ein echt toller Film! Top inszeniert! Großartige Action und emotionales Drama!
Viola Davis gewohnt stark in einer ungewohnten Rolle als Kriegerin, aber Thuso Mbedu hat ihr die Show gestohlen und war absolut umwerfend in der Rolle der Nawi!
Besser als Wakanda!

#themenumovie for all it's care for details, why or how did the glaring blood stain on the chef's jacket have such a huge continuity miss?

WTF, there are still people that try to pull the airplane lavatory door open...

Next up #thewomanking

#Oscars usually of no interest cos I’ve rarely had a chance to see the year’s newest crop of films beforehand

An exception this year would be #TheWomanKing which I happily paid for thru itunes, and which exceeded all my hopes/ expectations for it; Not just well made, but great story-telling with none of the usual “dead-spots” /formulaic/ or downright annoying scenes of typical “action” movies. (And a joy to watch something which doesn’t automatically ASSUME it is the “natural order of things” for nations to war with /dehumanise each other. Yes, conflict/ lust for power is common, but can we occasionally consider striving for alternatives?)

… so, idly curious rather than hopeful to see how #TheWomanKing went in the oscars, only to discover it was snubbed by the academy.

Do industry movers and shakers seriously believe NO white people at all are interested in movies that don’t centre white people?

https://ew.com/movies/nominated-for-nothing-viola-davis-the-woman-king/

#Watching #TheWomanKing

i have been waiting so long to see this movie…
it was worth every cent i paid to buy a copy now

Rating: 7 Wows out of a possible 5

https://youtu.be/3RDaPV_rJ1Y

Finally saw #TheWomanKing and omg the #Oscars are so wrong. Definitely a top 10 movie, definitely #ViolaDavis (and arguably #ThusoMbedu) for acting, and costume or makeup/hairstyling. Ugh. Basically my thoughts on it:
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/oscars-2023-snubs-woman-king-171213858.html

https://shiradest.wordpress.com/2023/02/27/review-the-woman-king/

As an important telling of left out parts of
#BlackHistory
and of
#Slavery,

#TheWomanKing

provides both context and excellent story-telling.

‘#TheWomanKing’ Director Gina Prince-Bythewood Addresses Lack of Black Oscar Nominees: ‘We Need Concrete Change’ https://variety.com/2023/film/awards/gina-prince-bythewood-naacp-image-awards-woman-king-snubs-1235535329/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

I did a thing!
And by that, I mean I watched #TheWomanKing and then wrote about it.
#cinemastodon #filmastodon #ViolaDavis
https://strangersights.com/the-woman-king-2022-directed-by-gina-prince-bythewood/

Why y'all didn't tell me how good #TheWomanKing was? I might have to give this a second round.

#TheWomanKing is available on Netflix now. I just watched it for the third time. I reviewed it the first time I saw it back in December, but I don’t think I praised it enough at the time. Both #violaDavis and #GinaPrinceBlythewood are not winning the awards they should be winning for this brilliant #film. https://oldaintdead.com/the-woman-king-fierce-heroic-women-save-everyone/

Like some scenes in Ann and Anna,

https://shiradest.wordpress.com/my-writing-nonfiction-and-historical-fiction/my-historical-fiction-published-and-in-progress-ann-anna-vs-who-by-fire/

some difficult stories are told by
#TheWomanKing

our ancestors survived this, and we must "bear witness" to their story.
#ToniMorrison

#BlackHistory

Excellent Plebe prank!!

29:50,
#TheWomanKing

Yes, Nawi!!
She's as petite as I am and far more brave with jumps! And defeats men twice our size!!?

1 Hour into
#TheWomanKing

I saw #TheWomanKing tonight, and I was deeply impressed with the soundtrack. Both the African pieces and the orchestral interludes were fantastic. The credits rolled, and the composer was #TerenceBlanchard. I should have guessed.

#jazz #soundtracks

Gina Prince-Bythewood's

#TheWomanKing

did an excellent job of showing how the king was caught between a rock and a hard place for choices, with a general arguing for him to do the impossible right thing. So much pain, but such courage. A needed, heartbreaking but not yet sufficient corrective to the historical record. We #BlackWomen do have courage.

MT VOID #2263: Film reviews of #AmsterdamMovie #AmsterdamFilm #TheFabelmans #TedK #TedKMovie #TedKFilm, book review of #OrphansOfTheSky #RobertAHeinlein, letters of comment on #TheWomanKing #HayBeforeTheBookshops #FleshGordon #Bros #MountainInTheSea #ChengduWorldcon #Worldcon, comments on re-reading books at http://leepers.us/mtvoid/VOID00217.htm from @eleeper and #MarkRLeeper