Amazons is a 1986 Argentine-American fantasy adventure film directed by Alejandro Sessa and starring Penelope Reed, Danitza Kingsley, Joseph Whipp, Ty Randolph, and Jacques Arndt. The screenplay was written by Charles R. Saunders, based on his short story Agbewe’s Sword, which first appeared in the 1979 anthology Amazons![1] The short story is included as part of the series Dossouye, about the real-life female warriors of the West African Kingdom of Dahomey, gathered together in a novel published by Saunders in 2008.[2]
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Directed by | Alejandro Sessa |
Written by | Charles R. Saunders |
Based on | The short story Agbewe’s Sword by Charles R. Saunders |
Produced by | Roger Corman Héctor Olivera |
Starring | Penelope Reed Danitza Kingsley Joseph Whipp Ty Randolph Jacques Arndt |
Cinematography | Leonard Solis |
Edited by | Edward Lowe |
Music by | Oscar Camp |
Production companies | Aries Films International New Horizons Pictures |
Distributed by | Concorde-New Horizons (US) Concorde & Aries Films Internacional (Argentina) |
Release date | 1986 |
Running time | 76 minutes |
Countries | Argentina United States |
Language | English |
Amazons is an epic story that follows a legendary tribe of warrior women from a mythical time.
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