Episode #113: The Woman King film review round table

Black Power Talks

This episode features a roundtable discussion about the 2022 film “The Woman King”, starring Viola Davis. The feature length movie premiered at the Toronto Film Festival on September 9th, 2022 and opened in theaters on September 16th. Panelists explore key issues raised in the movie's plot, including:

• The impact of slavery and the colonial mode of production on African people and on the rise of the European colonial nation
• Class conflict within the African Nation
• The role of African women as leaders, warriors, makers and shapers of history
• Unification of the African Nation through destruction of tribal or country boundaries

Hear from:

• Dr. Matsemela, historian and newly appointed President of the International People's Democratic Uhuru Movement
• Secretary General Luwezi Kinshasa of the African Socialist International. SG Luwezi was born in the Congo and joins this program directly from London where he lives and works in exile
• Kalambayi Andenet, former president of the International People’s Democratic Uhuru Movement, who currently serves as the Midwest regional organizer for the African People’s Socialist Party, from her birthplace of St. Louis, Missouri
• Tafarie Mugeri, Chairman of the African People’s Socialist Party in Occupied Azania, named South Africa by the colonizers

Black Power Talks is produced by WBPU, Black Power 96.3 FM radio in St. Petersburg, Florida. This episode is hosted by Solyana Bekele.