John Boyega And Viola Davis to Star in Dahomey Empire Drama, “The Woman King”

By Rivea Ruff ·September 21, 2021 Updated

Hollywood’s recently-piqued interest in diasporic stories from Black creators is granting us with even more major-release film gems. 

TriStar Pictures has announced production on The Woman King, a dramatic epic inspired by factual historical events that occurred in the West African Kingdom of Dahomey (general of the all-female military unit, and Nawi (Mbedu), an ambitious recruit, who together fought enemies who violated their honor, enslaved their people and threatened

Rivea Ruff
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