Sundiata: The Rise of a King

Early 1200s. West Africa. A child is born under prophecy. His name is Sundiata

Keita. Prince of the Mandinka people. But he cannot walk. His legs refuse

to hold him. The court mocks him. Whispers poison the halls.

Unfit. Weak. Never a king. His mother is dragged before the council.

Humiliated. Publicly shamed for bearing a crippled son. Something breaks

inside him. Sundiata grabs an iron rod. Forces himself upright. His legs scream.

He does not stop. He walks. For the first time in his life, the prince stands

on his own. But darkness is rising. Soumaoro Kanté. A warlord drunk