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THE PRINCE OF EGYPT, 1998, dir. Brenda Chapman and Steve Hickner

This is a film which 100% deserves to be called powerful, and that is in no small thanks to the wonderfully written/acted women within it. The animation and music work together to create such stunning characters.

I get chills just thinking of Yocheved’s brief appearance at the beginning of the movie, as she sends away her youngest son so he may be saved. I am touched remembering the Egyptian Queen’s relationship with Moses (”when the Gods send you a blessing, you don’t ask why it was sent”). I am inspired by Miriam’s untraditional strength - she is not the Strong Female Character Of The ‘90s; her strength is her faith in her brother, her faith in God, her faith in people. She is determined and unafraid to speak what is on her mind. Tzipporah does slide a little bit into the Strong Female Character archetype (sassy, hip-swaying, Ahead Of Her Time), but the movie allows her to mellow out when she no longer feels threatened. And that in itself is something - she is allowed to portray that she feels threatened and the movie does not make it out to be an overreaction on her part. She has to be strong to survive, but when she’s somewhere she feels safe, she is calm and happy and still strong.