It's extremely tough to make a movie about African-American women, and it's extremely tough to make an action movie around women. Gina Prince-Bythewood manages these incredible feats with The Woman King, which is a darned good movie, with a whole new grammar to action choreography, and also serves as a compelling footnote in the legacy of Afro-futurism. Dodi and Nitin rabbit-hole deep into the beats of the African-American experience as depicted in the movie, while making stops at Lovecraft Country, Watchmen and a number of other cul de sacs. Somewhere along the line, they also talk about F.R.I.E.N.D.S, Veep, Petta and Pa Ranjith's filmography, and meditate on the process of appreciating art that tells a good story, even if the craft might be somewhat off the mark. We have added links to a bunch of content in our show notes, do check them out to enrich your experience of this podcast.

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Show notes:

1. "Why is there no Black Superhero" - the question that spurred GPB: https://www.indiewire.com/2022/09/the-woman-king-gina-prince-bythewood-interview-1234762966/

2. The Tulsa Race Massacre: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsa_race_massacre

3. In a standout episode, Watchmen blackwashes history: https://slate.com/culture/2019/11/watchmen-hooded-justice-this-extraordinary-being-black-history.html

4. Lovecraft Country's "I Am" episode recap: https://www.vulture.com/article/lovecraft-country-season-1-episode-7-recap-i-am.html

5. Scott Galloway in conversation with Cindy Gallop - Sex, porn and knowing the difference: https://podcasts.apple.com/dk/podcast/sex-porn-and-knowing-the-difference-with-cindy-gallop/id1498802610?i=1000575745417