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Bob Marley performs onstage at the Uptown Theater, Chicago, Illinois, November 14, 1979. (Photo by Paul Natkin/Getty Images)
ASHTON BARRETT

Bob Marley biopic: Less legend, more human

Film has all the hits, none of the misses – and very little of the miss-e

  • Charles Leonard
8 min read
Battle: A scene from The Woman King, which tells the story of all-woman warrior unit the Agojie, which protected the West African kingdom of Dahomey from the 17th to the 19th century.
FILM SCORES

The music mastery behind ‘The Woman King’

Five-time Grammy winner Terence Blanchard talks composing score for the box office hit

  • Lihle Z Mtshali
8 min read
GINA PRINCE BYTHEWOOD

Secrets of making an all black woman action film

Mail & Guardian Friday editor Lerato Tshabalala chats to ‘The Woman King’ director Gina Maria Prince-Bythewood about working with Viola Davis and Thuso Mbedu

  • Lerato Tshabalala
17 min read