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

    Sep 16, 2022 · By Laura Zornosa. Updated: September 16, 2022 4:23 PM EDT | Originally published: September 16, 2022 4:23 PM EDT. G eneral Nanisca, played by an imposing Viola Davis, rises slowly out of a bed of ...

  2. www.polygon.com › 23355931 › the-woman-king-trueThe Woman King director explains why facts mattered in her ...

    Sep 17, 2022 · The Woman King director Gina Prince-Bythewood on true stories, brutal fights, and what matters when making a historical epic. ‘They became warriors. And it completely bonded them, because they ...

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

    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 place ...

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

    Box office. $97.6 million [ 3 ][ 4 ] 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 ...

  5. www.esquire.com › uk › cultureThe True Story of 'The Woman King' and the Agojie Warriors

    Sep 16, 2022 · The Agojie, also known as the Dahomey Amazons by Europeans, were an all-female group of warriors, who existed in the West African Kingdom of Dahomey (today known as Benin). The third king of ...

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

    Aug 18, 2024 · The Woman King offers a fresh take on historical epics, focusing on the African kingdom of Dahomey and its all-female warrior group. The film blends riveting action with a narrative of female ...

  8. www.businessinsider.com › the-woman-king-true'the Woman King': the True History of the Agojie and Their ...

    Sep 23, 2022 · "The Woman King," a new film that stars Viola Davis and is directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, is a chronicle of Black female power. It tells the story of the Agojie, fierce women warriors in the ...

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