Kingdom of Aksum existed for a thousand years in modern-day Ethiopia and was one of the first states to adopt Christianity. It was a major player in its day and traded with Rome as well as the Middle East and India. There's storylines there, plenty.
The Mali Empire you might know for the story of Mansa Musa, arguably the richest man who ever lived. That in itself could tempt some interest into his story as well as that of his empire.
Plenty of tales or accounts that could find its way into being portrayed on the big screen or on streaming. It'd be something new to see and behold, you can't deny that! Seeing ancient and medieval African societies come to life in a way never ever seen before. There's also the Songhai Empire as well as the Kingdom of Zimbabwe or Ashanti empire or Zulu kingdom. And of course, there's Ancient Carthrage that in itself would have hundreds of stories to be told especially like the Punic Wars or the destruction of its civilization.
Not saying one would need 200 million dollar budget for this, I bet even 70-80 million could do it. Saving the most of it for constructing the set and the battles with using authentic actors from those regions.
I'm sure the films could easily be filmed in English. It's not as if we're unaccustomed to films or series set in ancient Greece or Rome or even Persia with characters speaking in English with various English accents. Then again if portrayed in local native languages, it wasn't 15 years ago when Apocalypto came out and it was in local indigenous languages and the film wasn't slowed or inaccessible because of that.
You'd have potentially hundreds of millions in Africa who might be interested to see not to mention tens of millions of Blacks living in North America and perhaps millions in Europe as well. In addition to hundreds of millions with no connection at all to the African continent (if the story is appealing enough) would draw their eyeballs.
anyone feel the same?
Like Cilan meeting clemont episode or the mega evolution episodes for example
The documentary is very thorough. A four part, 8 hour documentary on one of the most complex public figures of the 20th century. It shows us everything. To his childhood years where one day his bicycle was stolen. He lost the bike but ended up running into his first boxing class that day. It shows years later his relationship with the Nation of Islam's leader Elijah Muhammad. Then to his conflicted protรฉgรฉ Malcolm X, who Ali ultimately turned his back on. Saying years later he regretted it. I loved that the documentary didn't try to paint Ali as a saint. He definitely had his issues. He did so much good for people as well.
I cannot recommend this documentary enough. Did anyone else enjoy it?
I think it could be the gherkin building that the dad jumps off. Iโm not sure if this is a main theme of the film necessarily and if the film is about something else.
ask me anything except for names!
A few quotes that I find fitting:
โNow that youโve seen meโ said the Unicorn, โIโll believe in you, if you believe in meโ...
โOnly the dreamers can find their way by moonlight, their curse, though, is that they see the dawn long before everyone elseโ...
โDo you believe then that the sciences would ever have arisen and become great if there had not beforehand been magicians, alchemists, astrologers and wizards?โ...
Kingdom of Aksum existed for a thousand years in modern-day Ethiopia and was one of the first states to adopt Christianity. It was a major player in its day and traded with Rome as well as the Middle East and India. There's storylines there, plenty.
The Mali Empire you might know for the story of Mansa Musa, arguably the richest man who ever lived. That in itself could tempt some interest into his story as well as that of his empire.
Plenty of tales or accounts that could find its way into being portrayed on the big screen or on streaming. It'd be something new to see and behold, you can't deny that! Seeing ancient and medieval African societies come to life in a way never ever seen before. There's also the Songhai Empire as well as the Kingdom of Zimbabwe or Ashanti empire or Zulu kingdom. And of course, there's Ancient Carthrage that in itself would have hundreds of stories to be told especially like the Punic Wars or the destruction of its civilization.
Not saying one would need 200 million dollar budget for this, I bet even 70-80 million could do it. Saving the most of it for constructing the set and the battles with using authentic actors from those regions.
I'm sure the films could easily be filmed in English. It's not as if we're unaccustomed to films or series set in ancient Greece or Rome or even Persia with characters speaking in English with various English accents. Then again if portrayed in local native languages, it wasn't 15 years ago when Apocalypto came out and it was in local indigenous languages and the film wasn't slowed or inaccessible because of that.
You'd have potentially hundreds of millions in Africa who might be interested to see not to mention tens of millions of Blacks living in North America and perhaps millions in Europe as well. In addition to hundreds of millions with no connection at all to the African continent (if the story is appealing enough) would draw their eyeballs.
anyone feel the same?
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