Viola Davis’ epic new film The Woman King is here and viewers are reacting to it in the best possible way.
It’s not only a magnificent feat of work, with physical and emotionally charged performances, but it’s also an example of underrepresented history getting a deserved spotlight via the film industry.We follow Nanisca as she trains up a new cohort of female warriors who are tasked with protecting the African kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s.
is inspired by true events, and it confronts the role the Dahomey people played in the historical enslavement of others. Again, something that we haven’t seen on the silver screen before.in the film, the impeccable soundtrack and jaw-dropping fight sequences,also places women who are as strong as they are intriguing at the centre of the film, including Amenza , Izogie and Nawi . Oscar nominations incoming, we say.
And even Davis herself says that the film will entertain and move us all, which is all we could ever hope for in a movie.was on course to be one of the most important films of the year.
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