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Are there any major movies about Africans that do not involve being or becoming a King?


Shaka Zulu, Coming to America, Black Panther, The Last King of Scotland, The Lion King, The Woman King... So many Kings! Are there no other African stories besides this one?

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Captain Phillips

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Muse wanted to be King of the boat, and became King of the boat

I'm the Captain Now Scene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHsn2smp4N4&ab_channel=Movieclips

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The Gods Must Be Crazy

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District 9

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None of those except The Gods Must Be Crazy actually focus on a black African main character, though.

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You didn't specify black, you just said African.

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OK, so other than Roots and The Gods Must Be Crazy, there are few or no movies about black African protagonists that do not involve being or becoming a King. However, movies about white Africans have a much wider range of story possibilities.

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And Captain Phillips definitely qualifies.

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Tom Hanks character Captain Phillips is a white American.

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Obviously, not the only character in the movie. Keep reaching.

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LOL, didnt realize Hanks was the only character in the movie. Plus it takes place off the coast of Somalia. defintely qualifies.

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Roots (1977)

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Yes. So that's a 2nd non-king story.

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Blood Diamond, Casablanca off the top of my head

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I would not consider Casablanca to be a movie about Africans.

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Ya, fair enough

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The Naked Prey (1965)

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That's about a heroic white man surviving in Africa and fighting Africans.

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It's about Africans chasing a heroic white man, who is helped by one African, and there are no kings.

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Blood Dimond

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Again, a white hero.

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Again, you're changing the rules of what you said. You didn't say it had to be the hero, and Djimon is definitely the hero of the movie, not Leo.

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Fine. You can have it. It's still only 3 total so far out of dozens and dozens of King stories.

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Actually you've seen 5 that qualify, but you keep changing the original parameters you set. Also, you sited 6 movies, not "dozens".

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Haha exactly Burk. He was proven wrong so now he is moving the goal posts!

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Mandela
Hotel Rowanda
Invictus
In my Country
Cry Freedom
Sarafina
The Air Up There

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Perhaps you should check out some Nollywood movies.

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