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1. www.smithsonianmag.com › history › real-warriorsThe Real History Behind 'The Woman King' | The Agojie ...

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   Sep 15, 2022 · The Woman King, a new movie starring Viola Davis as a fictionalized leader of the Agojie, tells the story of this all-woman fighting force. Directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, the film takes...

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3. time.com › 6214291The True Story Behind The Woman King | TIME

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   Sep 16, 2022 · The Woman King, the historical epic from Gina Prince-Bythewood out Sept. 16, chronicles the trials and triumphs of the Agojie and Dahomey (a region in present-day Benin).

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4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › The_Woman_KingThe Woman King - Wikipedia

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   The Woman King is a 2022 American historical action-adventure film about the Agojie, the all-female warrior unit that protected the West African kingdom of Dahomey during the 17th to 19th centuries. Set in the 1820s, the film stars Viola Davis as a general who trains the next generation of warriors to fight their enemies.

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6. www.bbc.com › culture › articleThe Woman King review: 'A spectacular, action-filled epic' - BBC

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   Sep 10, 2022 · The Woman King. Directed by: Gina Prince-Bythewood. Starring: Viola Davis, John Boyega, Lashana Lynch, Thuso Mbedu. Film length: 2hr 6m. After The Woman King's opening battle against the...

7. collider.com › the-woman-king-true-story-explainedThe True Story Behind 'The Woman King' Isn't So Clean Cut

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   • What Is 'The Woman King' About?
   • What Was The Kingdom of Dahomey?
   • Who Were The Agojie Warriors?
   • What Happened to Dahomey?
   • How Does ‘The Woman King’ Hold Up Against Other Historical Movies?

   The Woman King takes place during the 1820s and centers around the African kingdom of Dahomey, where a rebellious teenage girl called Nawi (Mbedu) is pushed by her family to join the Agojie, a fierce female warrior troop that holds the responsibility to protect the domain of their people. As Nawi is shaped into the model Agojie, she creates deep co...

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   The Kingdom of Dahomey was located in Western Africa on the Gulf of Guinea and existed between the 1620s and the early-1900s. Under the central power of a king, who was granted rule through his ancestral heritage, Dahomey maintained a thriving cultural and socio-economic system that allowed the kingdom to evolve constantly. Unlike most western cult...

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   The all-female warrior troops of Dahomey were called the Agojie or the Mino in their culture, only becoming coined as the "Dahomey Amazons" by the French during the 19th century. The Agojie developed from a tradition of female elephant hunters, codifying into organized troops beginning in the 1720s. By the mid-1800s, the Agojie battalions reached t...

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   Dahomey began to collapse during the last years of the 19th century. When the abolition of the slave trade occurred, French imperialism began to put a chokehold on the West African coast, pressuring Dahomey for natural resources and territory. After unceasing conflict with neighboring areas controlled by the French, the First Franco-Dahomean War to...

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   Despite everything, The Woman King made quite the effort to balance embellishing storytelling and hard facts. Like other historical biopics, before and after it, the film takes a creative liberty or two — but what film doesn’t? Let’s take Ridley Scott’s Napoleon, his take on the French Emperor uses abstract artistic choices. Scott didn’t shy away f...

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8. www.imdb.com › title › tt8093700The Woman King (2022) - IMDb

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   The Woman King: Directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood. With Viola Davis, Thuso Mbedu, Lashana Lynch, Sheila Atim. A historical epic inspired by true events that took place in The Kingdom of Dahomey, one of the most powerful states of Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries.

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   Is the woman King based on a true story?

   • While fictionalized, The Woman King showcases the Agojie warriors' significant role in Dahomey. The Woman King, directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, is a historical epic that takes a detour from the typical Eurocentric trappings of Hollywood to focus on a real community from West African history, the mighty kingdom of Dahomey.

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   • The Woman King is the remarkable story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s with skills and a fierceness unlike anything the world has ever seen.

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   Is 'the woman King' a historical movie?

   • While some detractors have slammed the film's historical accuracy and screenplay that a white woman penned, The Woman King is an unprecedented Hollywood film that will hopefully make room for more inclusive storytelling in future mainstream productions. How Does ‘The Woman King’ Hold up Against Other Historical Movies?

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   Who directed the woman King?

   • The Woman King was produced by Maria Bello and Cathy Schulman, written by Dana Stevens with contributions by Gina Prince-Bythewood, and directed by Prince-Bythewood. [ 20 ] It is a co-production between TriStar Pictures and Entertainment One. [ 1 ] In 2015, Bello went to the West African nation of Benin to learn the history of the Agojie.

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   • For other uses, see Woman king (disambiguation). The Woman King is a 2022 American historical action-adventure film about the Agojie, the all-female warrior unit that protected the West African kingdom of Dahomey during the 17th to 19th centuries.

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   Who plays agojie in 'the woman King'?

   • Starring Viola Davis, Lashana Lynch, and Thuso Mbedu, The Woman King centers around the Agojie, one of history's all-female warrior groups who protected Dahomey for nearly three-hundred years between the 18th and early 20th centuries.

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10. www.sonypictures.com › movies › thewomankingTHE WOMAN KING - Sony Pictures Entertainment

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    The Woman King is the remarkable story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s with skills and a fierceness unlike anything the world has ever seen.