Amazons (1986 film)
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Amazons is a 1986
Argentine
fantasy
adventure film
directed by Alejandro Sessa. The screenplay was written by Charles R. Saunders
, based on his short story "Agbewe’s Sword", which first appeared in the 1979 anthology Amazons!
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1986 in film
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Argentine
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
fantasy
Fantasy film
Fantasy films are films with fantastic themes, usually involving magic, supernatural events, make-believe creatures, or exotic fantasy worlds. The genre is considered to be distinct from science fiction film and horror film, although the genres do overlap...
adventure film
Adventure film
Adventure films are a genre of film.Unlike pure, low-budget action films they often use their action scenes preferably to display and explore exotic locations in an energetic way....
directed by Alejandro Sessa. The screenplay was written by Charles R. Saunders
Charles R. Saunders
Charles R. Saunders also credited as Charles Saunders is an African American author and journalist currently living in Canada. During his long career, he has written everything from novels both fiction and non-fiction, to screenplays and radio plays.- Background :Saunders was born in Elizabeth,...
, based on his short story "Agbewe’s Sword", which first appeared in the 1979 anthology Amazons!
Amazons!
Amazons! is an anthology of fantasy stories, edited by Jessica Amanda Salmonson, with a cover and frontispiece by Michael Whelan. It was first published in paperback by DAW Books in December 1979, and was the first significant fantasy anthology of works featuring female protagonists by female...
Plot summary
An epic from a mythical time about a legendary tribe of warrior womenWoman warrior
The portrayal of women warriors in literature and popular culture is a subject of study in history, literary studies, film studies, folklore and mythology, gender studies, and cultural studies.-Archaeology:...
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