'The Woman King' Review: Viola Davis delivers a stunning performance as a commanding general Nanisca in this less-than-winning movie about a battalion of 19th-century female warriors
Sony Pictures is positioning “The Woman King” as not only a rousing action film but also an important one: At the screening I attended, a marketing slide read, “Join the conversation.” I’ll start: Is there any limit to Hollywood shamelessness?
Set in 1823 in a real West African kingdom, Dahomey , the film stars Viola Davis as the commanding general who leads a battalion of women warriors called the Agojie in combat with their oppressors, the Oyo. Ms.
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