“Murderess”, “tyrant”, “pervert” – Empress Wu was a monster who plumbed the depths of evil. Historians condemned her as a woman who brought China to the edge of ruin. For more than 1000 years that verdict stood. This documentary shows how researchers are piecing together the new, true story of China’s “empress of all evil” and how she was in fact the woman who made Dark Ages China a super power.
