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EPIC WARRIOR WOMEN 6X52MIN

By John WATE, David BARTLETT, Wu QI

URBAN CANYONS LIMITED - as DISTR / PROD

Historical - Completed 2022

Drama led series presents history’s most iconic female fighters. Each extraordinary tale of blood, sacrifice, and endurance focuses on the life of a young woman caught up in the bloody struggles of her time. Episodes on female gladiators, Scythian & African Amazons, Samurai, Vikings & Shang Queen.

Festivals
& Awards

MIPCOM Diversity 2018

Nominated

Silbersalz 2021

Best TV Series

WCSFP 2022

Nominated

- Year of production
- 2022
- Genres
- Historical, Epic, TV Series
- Countries
- UNITED KINGDOM
- Languages
- ENGLISH, GERMAN, FRENCH, SPANISH, MANDARIN, RUSSIAN, POLISH, ITALIAN, CZECH, KAZAKH, SWEDISH
- Budget
- 1 - 3 M$
- Duration
- 52 mn
- Director(s)
- John WATE, David BARTLETT, Wu QI
- Writer(s)
- Sebastian PEITER
- Producer(s)
- Sebastian PEITER (Urban Canyons), Richard MELMAN (Urban Canyons), Vivian GUAN (Urban Canyons), Jon BRIEST (Urban Canyons)
- Synopsis
- Military history has been dominated by the story of men. Until now, as ground-breaking archaeological discoveries and the very latest scholarship fundamentally alter traditional views of women in warfare. The drama led documentary series presents history’s most iconic female fighters from around the world. Each extraordinary tale of blood, sacrifice, and endurance centres on the life of a young woman warrior caught up in the bloody struggles of her time.
  
  1) AMAZONS Ancient horse warrior women of the Steppe
  
  2) GLADIATRIX Ancient Rome’s female gladiators
  
  3) AFRICA’S AMAZONS All-female regiments of the West African Kingdom of Dahomey
  
  4) SAMURAI Takeko Nakano and Aizu women in the last war campaign of the Samurai
  
  5) VIKINGS Warrior woman of Birka, commander and explorer of Eastern Europe
  
  6) SHANG DYNASTY QUEEN Bronze Age Chinese general, priestess and queen Fu Hao

EPIC WARRIOR WOMEN 6X52MIN

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