Following up yesterday's update about Lucy's documentary series Warrior Women
being released on DVD and available from Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk (see
Warrior Women Documentary on DVD Now Available on Amazon) . Michele sent
me the following PR release and link to the official site
NEW RELEASE!
Hosted by Lucy Lawless, this five-program series pays tribute to history's most
charismatic women warriors. These action-packed episodes shot on location in
France, Ireland, Britain, China, and North America will combine a heady mix of
historical sleuthing and provocative reconstruction. Each episode of Warrior
Women investigates the intimate, gritty details of the life and times of these
great true-life women warriors, and celebrates the popular mythology that
surrounds them.
Queen
Boudica
In 62 BC, most of England was under the thumb of the Romans. Queen Boudica was
married to King Prasutagus of the semi-autonomous Iceni tribe in the east. When
the king died, he bequeathed half his kingdom to his young wife and her two
daughters, and half to Emperor Nero to appease Rome. Thinking they could
intimidate the young woman into complete submission, the Romans promptly flogged
Queen Boudica, tortured her daughters and stole her lands. Boudica took up the
sword, rallied her Iceni warriors and went on a rampage.
Warrior Women: Queen Boudica DVD
The
Real Mulan
200 years ago a young woman brought the greatest empire in Asia to its knees.
She was a master of kung fu and held the respect of 60,000 warriors who followed
her unquestioningly into battle. Their enemy was the brutal and corrupt Qing
dynasty -- a dynasty they were determined to overthrow. The fate of China was in
one woman's hands. Her name was Wang Cong'er. Is she the real Mulan?
Warrior Women: The Real Mulan DVD
Joan
of Arc
Convinced by the voices of saints to step forth and serve her deposed king, Joan
of Arc became an unlikely war hero. With 10,000 beaten men and very long odds
against the advancing English army, she scored a miraculous string of victories
over the rather surprised English battalions by leading the charge into their
front lines. She even returned the throne to Charles VII, but it all went
horribly wrong when she was finally captured, tried for witchcraft and heresy,
and burned at the stake.
Warrior Women: Joan of Arc DVD
Lozen:
Apache Warrior
As a young girl, Lozen decided that tidying up the tent and cooking buffalo stew
wasn't for her, and she was in constant trouble for beating up her brother, and
she was in constant trouble for beating up her brother, the mighty Apache
warrior Victorio. One day she discovered her special powers, which allowed her
to detect the direction of the enemy. Equipped with this metaphysical radar and
a healthy thirst for revenge, she became priestess, warrior, and Victorio's
right hand tactician.
Warrior Women: Lozen - Apache Warrior DVD
Grace
O'Malley, Pirate Queen
The daughter of Irish pirate chieftain 'Black Oak' O'Malley, the girl Grace was
dead set on a life of glory at sea with her father. In a fit of defiance against
her mother's ideal of the 'quiet life of a lady', she shaved her head and was
forever teased by her siblings with the nickname 'Bald O'Malley'. She got a new
hairdo, mastered the sail and sword, and with a merry band of 200 mates,
terrorized the shipping lanes of the coastal waters into her submission.
Warrior Women: Grace O'Malley, The Pirate Queen DVD
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For more about this documentary series, check out AUSXIP Lucy Lawless Warrior Women Subsite about all the episodes and images