France’s defense minister has denounced the way he says French soldiers deployed in Africa appear to be depicted in the Marvel Studios superhero film “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” as “false and misleading.”.
FILE - French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu waits at the Elysee Palace Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023 in Paris. France's Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu denounced the way French soldiers deployed in Africa are represented in a Marvel's film as"false and misleading." Lecornu"strongly condemned" this representation of French armed forces in a tweet published Sunday Feb.
A scene from the film retweeted by the minister shows a group of soldiers with their hands tied behind their backs, wearing uniforms very similar to those of French troops deployed in Africa’s Sahel region, being brought before the United Nations in Geneva. The movie scene depicts mercenaries captured by Wakandans after they attacked an outpost in Mali.
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