A compelling example of Black excellence dating back even before the French Revolution, the English-language “Chevalier” doesn’t feel nearly as fusty as its powdered wigs and period setting might suggest.

Source: https://variety.com/2023/film/reviews/chevalier-review-joseph-bologne-chevalier-de-saint-georges-1235568294/

Based on the French novel of the same name, centers on the sexual games of the Vicomte de Valmont (Malkovich) and the Marquise de Mertreuil (Close) in the years before the French Revolution.

Source: https://collider.com/best-michelle-pfeiffer-performances/

Eventually, after the French Revolution and Napoleon’s reinstatement of slavery, Bologne’s work was largely forgotten.

Source: https://collider.com/where-to-watch-chevalier-movie/

For the Brian Eno-produced anthem Viva La Vida, the band performs on the B stage amid a swarm of red, blue and white wrist-band lights, a nod to the French Revolution.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/nov/19/coldplay-review-music-of-the-spheres-tour-brings-fireworks-aliens-and-radical-optimism-to-perth

In later years, Bologne, by then involved in the French Revolution, was made colonel of an all-Black regiment.

Source: https://www.heraldscotland.com/business_hq/23375571.joseph-bologne-honoured-new-scots-university-course/?ref=rss

"In November 2021, a pair of diamond bracelets hidden by the French Queen Marie Antoinette to keep them safe during the French Revolution, sold at Christie’s Geneva for £7.04million, soaring past the pre-sale estimate."

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/style/1717558/princess-diana-crucifix-pendant-auction-sothebys-pictures

Joaquin Phoenix stars as the titular figure, a young military officer with an eternal desire for power in the midst of the French Revolution.

Source: https://easttennessean.com/2023/11/30/napoleon-review-portrait-of-an-egomaniac/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=napoleon-review-portrait-of-an-egomaniac&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=napoleon-review-portrait-of-an-egomaniac

Napoleon was actually on garrison duty in southern France as an officer in the French military during that pivotal time at the start of the French Revolution (via Time Out).

Source: https://screenrant.com/napoleon-movie-true-story-changes-inaccuracies-fact-check/

Remember the French Revolution, ancien régime?

Source: https://albertapolitics.ca/2023/12/pause-in-smith-governments-alberta-pension-plan-sales-pitch-sounds-more-like-a-strategic-effort-to-regroup/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pause-in-smith-governments-alberta-pension-plan-sales-pitch-sounds-mo

Since the French Revolution, we’ve seen them head to the ramparts and protest just about anything, especially the transit workers shutting down the famed Metro.

Source: https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/opinion/ct-lns-selle-social-security-st-0420-20230419-ga33quy45nfxxj46jzcpj3ce3y-story.html

The leaders of the French Revolution, too, allied themselves with the most radical members of their society, and lost their heads over that mistake.

Source: https://hotair.com/david-strom/2023/10/16/you-are-the-colonizer-they-want-to-kill-n584792

The story follows French aristocrat Charles Darnay, who is living in England during the French Revolution when he falls in love with Lucie Manette, the daughter of an imprisoned shoemaker.

Source: https://www.deseret.com/2023/12/22/24011218/bestselling-individual-books-of-all-time

This happened after the French Revolution.

Source: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/10/16/unholy-axis-of-iranian-thugs-and-marxist-psychopaths/

This story is set in the years before and during the French Revolution and gives an interesting twist on the historical events.

Source: https://gamerant.com/great-series-written-female-mangaka/