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Amanyanabo: The Eagle King review a lavish Nollywood epic of crowns, gods and colonial tension

Historical Nollywood epic Amanyanabo centers on warrior Ibanichuka's contested rise to power amid Christian influence, colonial pressure, and competing local political factions.
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HBO Max Just Quietly Added The Best Action Epic You Haven't Seen

That film is The Woman King. Directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, and featuring a stacked cast led by Viola Davis, it's one of the decade's best historical epics. It's also one of the most slept-on blockbusters of the 2020s, but now that it's headed to HBO Max, it's high time it gets a second look. The Woman King's subject matter alone makes it unlike anything we've seen before. It's a mainstream blockbuster in the vein of Gladiator or The Northman, but made by Black women for Black women.
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