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The backlash isn't merely about historical accuracy; it taps into deeper cultural and political debates. Many from the Black community, particularly those sensitive to how history often omits or distorts the involvement of Black people in slavery and colonization, found the film's earlier portrayal problematic. Some called for a boycott, feeling that the film overlooked or glossed over the atrocities committed by the real Dahomey tribe, thereby unjustly celebrating what were, in historical terms, not entirely heroic figures.