This movie sucks!

This movie sucks!

The movie further others the othered. It continues to center the White man.

It alienates the Zulu. Represents them as savage and weak. Native. Tribal. And replaceable. In the movie the Zulu warriors do not speak. Their voice, and ultimately their agency is ignored if not removed. And without agency, they have no humanity. They come en masse, and die in groups. Who are they?

We laugh at their naiveness. We cringe at their savageness. We detest their dirtyness. We suffice with their stupidit.

But the White man, historically, is closer to the animal without consciousness. He is thirsty. He is possessive. He yearns for more. There is nothing natural about greed. Its disgusting and distatesful. But the desire for power and land is more savage-like, it shows ignorance and self-consciousness. You want more because you are less. You desire material happiness because you are eternally sad. You want to control others, because you have no sense of self.

You don’t know yourself, and will therefore not allow others to know themselves. You will claim him as the other, and you as the norm. You will kill those that challenge you, and brain wash those that do not dare to speak their boldness. You want them, because you can’t be them. Daddy has taught you well, and hundreds of years later, you are doing the same.

But be careful because we still remember and will not forget. Hasta la victoria siempre!

Yes the movie is a historic fictional one. And though it has an important story to tell, so we wont forget about the previous wars. The cultural message the movie portrays is a key element that we must not ignore. For the politics of the movie are as important as the historical message it is reminding us of.