The film is based on the
Agojie, the real all-female warrior unit that inspired the Dora Milaje in
Marvel’s Black Panther.
If you think
the Dora Milaje (aka the king’s guard) in Black Panther is amazing, get ready to meet the
real-life inspiration, the Agojie, in The Woman King. The film is a
historical epic inspired by the true story of the Kingdom of Dahomey, one of
the most powerful states in Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries.
The film stars Viola Davis as General Nanisca, who is building a new
generation of all-female warriors to fight a new evil that has reached their
shores. That evil? White European Colonialism. In the trailer, we see that
threat arriving knowing all-too-well that they’re there to enslave Africa’s
people.
But led by
Nanisca, the Dahomey people are ready to fight back. “We have a weapon they’re
not prepared for,” King Ghezo (John Boyega) says in the trailer, referring to
the Agojie — and we see exactly what he means as the women first train and then
head into battle against the colonialist threat.
“You are called to join the King’s Guard,” Nanisca tells her recruits as Beyonce’s ‘My Power” plays in the background. “No kingdom in all of Africa shares this privilege. Train hard, fight harder. We fear no one, and we fear no pain. I offer you a choice: fight or we die.”
The film also
stars Lashana Lynch (Captain Marvel), Sheila
Atim (Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness), and Thuso Mbedu (The
Underground Railroad) as members of the Agojie.
The Woman King premieres in theaters Sept. 16. Watch the trailer below.
SOURCE: PRIDE DOT COM
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