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The Woman King is a 2022 American historical epic film about the Agojie, the all-female warrior unit who 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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[@malambongwenya9617]

It's weird I see people say research on the Dahomey what what many stories have been told and the truth has been erased for entertainment sake when a group of black woman want to tell one good or bad then hell breaks loose and over the top critiquing ahh please give it a rest.

[@bjrnthebootybandit]

In these so called "stories" did they ask descendents of the the victims of the protagonists to celebrate them? Were they painting dark stories into light ones? These people sound like they have Stockholm syndrome. Its almost a sick joke like the white people who made this movie are mocking African Americans and Carribeans....Love the Dahomey. They are great people. "lets make slavery great again"

[@creepin93]

you the weirdo, how is this movie good? The Kingdom of Dahomey (/dəˈhoʊmi/) was a West African kingdom located within present-day Benin that existed from approximately 1600 until 1904. Dahomey developed on the Abomey Plateau amongst the Fon people in the early 17th century and became a regional power in the 18th century by conquering key cities on the Atlantic coast. For much of the 18th and 19th centuries, the Kingdom of Dahomey was a key regional state, eventually ending tributary status to the Oyo Empire.[1] European visitors extensively documented the kingdom and it became one of the most familiar African nations to Europeans.[2] The Kingdom of Dahomey was an important regional power that had an organized domestic economy built on conquest and slave labor,[3] significant international trade and diplomatic relations with Europeans, a centralized administration, taxation systems, and an organized military. Notable in the kingdom were significant artwork, an all-female military unit called the Dahomey Amazons by European observers, and the elaborate religious practices of Vodun.[4] The growth of Dahomey coincided with the growth of the Atlantic slave trade, and it became known to Europeans as a major supplier of slaves.[2] As a highly militaristic kingdom constantly organised for warfare, it captured children, women, and men during wars and raids against neighboring societies, and sold them into the Atlantic slave trade in exchange for European goods such as rifles, gunpowder, fabrics, cowrie shells, tobacco, pipes, and alcohol.[5][6] Other remaining captives became slaves in Dahomey, where they worked on royal plantations and were routinely mass executed in large-scale human sacrifices during the festival celebrations known as the Annual Customs of Dahomey.[2][6] The Annual Customs of Dahomey involved significant collection and distribution of gifts and tribute, religious Vodun ceremonies, military parades, and discussions by dignitaries about the future for the kingdom. In the 1840s, Dahomey began to face decline with British pressure to abolish the slave trade, which included the British Royal Navy imposing a naval blockade against the kingdom and enforcing anti-slavery patrols near its coast.[7] During this time period, Dahomey was also weakened by military defeat from Abeokuta, a Yoruba city-state which was founded as a safe haven for refugees escaping slave raids from Dahomey.[8] Dahomey later began experiencing territorial tensions with France which led to the First Franco-Dahomean War in 1890, resulting in French victory. The kingdom finally fell in 1894 when the last king, Béhanzin, was defeated by France in the Second Franco-Dahomean War, leading to the country being annexed into French West Africa as the colony of French Dahomey.

[@turquoisepurple7sky151]

They go crazy about black women in a movie

[@katarinasabrina]

@creepin93 There are so many films and shows about black people inflicting pain on other black people. The Wire, American Gangster, City of God to name a few. Should we not tell those stories? Shaka Zulu slaughtered hundreds from neighboring tribes and even his own. Should we not tell his story? Our humanity and history is messy. I understand the want for positive representation because we have gone without it for so long. However I think it’s both freeing and profound to see our humanity explored in all its forms. I don’t think we should shy away from telling a story just because the subject is complicated.

[@creepin93]

@@katarinasabrina the issue is the misrepresentation and exaggerations. to me it looks more like Marvel Comic book than an accurate historical movie.

[@GETOSUPASTAR]

I can listen to Viola speak all day. She is such a force of nature. As beautiful as she is (inside and out) it breaks my heart that she says she doesn’t feel seen. I hope the success of this movie & the response from it changes that. Just from the brief clips I’ve seen, I couldn’t imagine anybody else playing this role. I can’t wait to see it! ❤️

[@amostlyreasonableguy]

Sadly though In real life the Dahomey fought until the end to keep capturing and selling other African tribes as their primary business. The King called it the source of their peoples glory. The last slaves imported to America were black Africans captured and sold into slavery by the Dahomey. They were the villains of history as much as anyone involved in the Atlantic slave trade and had to have their ports blockaded by British ships in order to stop them from exporting African slaves they captured. Viola is portraying the equivalent of a Nazi general in actual history.

[@ndo533]

@@amostlyreasonableguy please shut up and go back to your Christopher Columbus. We don't care

[@nailahgilliamel7776]

I absolutely loved, loved, loved this movie! It was so inspiring to unleash the warrior in me...a 67 years young melanated woman! Viola Davis, and all the beautiful women warriors were amazing!

[@yadadamean6722]

Very much needed discussion! "If you don't connect to yourself, you won't connect with anyone else." -Viola Davis

[@creepin93]

The Kingdom of Dahomey (/dəˈhoʊmi/) was a West African kingdom located within present-day Benin that existed from approximately 1600 until 1904. Dahomey developed on the Abomey Plateau amongst the Fon people in the early 17th century and became a regional power in the 18th century by conquering key cities on the Atlantic coast. For much of the 18th and 19th centuries, the Kingdom of Dahomey was a key regional state, eventually ending tributary status to the Oyo Empire.[1] European visitors extensively documented the kingdom and it became one of the most familiar African nations to Europeans.[2] The Kingdom of Dahomey was an important regional power that had an organized domestic economy built on conquest and slave labor,[3] significant international trade and diplomatic relations with Europeans, a centralized administration, taxation systems, and an organized military. Notable in the kingdom were significant artwork, an all-female military unit called the Dahomey Amazons by European observers, and the elaborate religious practices of Vodun.[4] The growth of Dahomey coincided with the growth of the Atlantic slave trade, and it became known to Europeans as a major supplier of slaves.[2] As a highly militaristic kingdom constantly organised for warfare, it captured children, women, and men during wars and raids against neighboring societies, and sold them into the Atlantic slave trade in exchange for European goods such as rifles, gunpowder, fabrics, cowrie shells, tobacco, pipes, and alcohol.[5][6] Other remaining captives became slaves in Dahomey, where they worked on royal plantations and were routinely mass executed in large-scale human sacrifices during the festival celebrations known as the Annual Customs of Dahomey.[2][6] The Annual Customs of Dahomey involved significant collection and distribution of gifts and tribute, religious Vodun ceremonies, military parades, and discussions by dignitaries about the future for the kingdom. In the 1840s, Dahomey began to face decline with British pressure to abolish the slave trade, which included the British Royal Navy imposing a naval blockade against the kingdom and enforcing anti-slavery patrols near its coast.[7] During this time period, Dahomey was also weakened by military defeat from Abeokuta, a Yoruba city-state which was founded as a safe haven for refugees escaping slave raids from Dahomey.[8] Dahomey later began experiencing territorial tensions with France which led to the First Franco-Dahomean War in 1890, resulting in French victory. The kingdom finally fell in 1894 when the last king, Béhanzin, was defeated by France in the Second Franco-Dahomean War, leading to the country being annexed into French West Africa as the colony of French Dahomey.

[@Platinumcut26]

Viola is POWERFUL! I can listen to her speak all day!

[@gb_the_accuser]

She acting in a movie about Africans written by a white woman. Lol

[@silveriorebelo2920]

are you a troll??

[@venniebrown1627]

You part of the problem .

[@venniebrown1627]

God brother.

[@venniebrown1627]

We know you white.

[@madelinesims6786]

Viola Davis is THE REAL GOAT !!!

[@scottjones7005]

🤡🌎

[@LetsJustDance20]

THE REEL GOAT 🎞📽🎬

[@spritesoda1155]

Nope Whoopi Goldberg is

[@sthe_zar6341]

💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯.

[@knessing7681]

Lupita Nyong'o is the TRUE GOAT for turning down this movie after learning the history of the people it was based off of, and she's not even an ADOS. While Viola Davis claims to be an ADOS and she played a romanticized character of a Dahomey General (for a quick payday) .... REALLY, she's a GOAT?

[@phillynurse9492]

This film touched on so many topics; sexual assault, misogyny, adoption, leadership challenges, slavery etc. it’s a must see you can’t just google the history of the Dahomey and expect to get the entire narrative of this movie. However, you will be “triggered” by some scenes, but as women we are skilled at compartmentalizing when faced with extreme trauma. It’s a defense mechanism for survival and that’s why we can connect so well with this movie. It’s what gives us strength, courage and fortitude in the face of adversity. Some people just don’t get it.

[@phillynurse9492]

The aha moment was the awakening of the moral injustices and reimagining a different social construct for the main character who had a seat at the table, her actions finally convinced the king that they should be saving people not selling them! It’s a work of fiction that is applicable to leadership today. The movie isn’t celebrating slave traders it’s exposing the intimate challenges of leadership and corruption with the hope of redemption of one woman who dared to risk it all! Go see the movie!

[@brothercinnamon2479]

Viola and her husband, Julius' production company is a prime example of a balanced Monarchy in action. Creating legacy, changing the narrative, and changing the game!!! True Generational Healing!! We salute and love you!! all of you..Sway, you and your crew represent that as well..Woman Kings, Lion Kings...Keep showing and proving!!! ASE

[@creepin93]

"sister" cinnamon is a sale out The Kingdom of Dahomey (/dəˈhoʊmi/) was a West African kingdom located within present-day Benin that existed from approximately 1600 until 1904. Dahomey developed on the Abomey Plateau amongst the Fon people in the early 17th century and became a regional power in the 18th century by conquering key cities on the Atlantic coast. For much of the 18th and 19th centuries, the Kingdom of Dahomey was a key regional state, eventually ending tributary status to the Oyo Empire.[1] European visitors extensively documented the kingdom and it became one of the most familiar African nations to Europeans.[2] The Kingdom of Dahomey was an important regional power that had an organized domestic economy built on conquest and slave labor,[3] significant international trade and diplomatic relations with Europeans, a centralized administration, taxation systems, and an organized military. Notable in the kingdom were significant artwork, an all-female military unit called the Dahomey Amazons by European observers, and the elaborate religious practices of Vodun.[4] The growth of Dahomey coincided with the growth of the Atlantic slave trade, and it became known to Europeans as a major supplier of slaves.[2] As a highly militaristic kingdom constantly organised for warfare, it captured children, women, and men during wars and raids against neighboring societies, and sold them into the Atlantic slave trade in exchange for European goods such as rifles, gunpowder, fabrics, cowrie shells, tobacco, pipes, and alcohol.[5][6] Other remaining captives became slaves in Dahomey, where they worked on royal plantations and were routinely mass executed in large-scale human sacrifices during the festival celebrations known as the Annual Customs of Dahomey.[2][6] The Annual Customs of Dahomey involved significant collection and distribution of gifts and tribute, religious Vodun ceremonies, military parades, and discussions by dignitaries about the future for the kingdom. In the 1840s, Dahomey began to face decline with British pressure to abolish the slave trade, which included the British Royal Navy imposing a naval blockade against the kingdom and enforcing anti-slavery patrols near its coast.[7] During this time period, Dahomey was also weakened by military defeat from Abeokuta, a Yoruba city-state which was founded as a safe haven for refugees escaping slave raids from Dahomey.[8] Dahomey later began experiencing territorial tensions with France which led to the First Franco-Dahomean War in 1890, resulting in French victory. The kingdom finally fell in 1894 when the last king, Béhanzin, was defeated by France in the Second Franco-Dahomean War, leading to the country being annexed into French West Africa as the colony of French Dahomey.

[@brothercinnamon2479]

@@creepin93 and it's sell*

[@creepin93]

@@brothercinnamon2479 sale out you dont disagree with being called sister huh...

[@amostlyreasonableguy]

Nah, she’s legit portraying the historical equivalent of a Nazi general. The Dahomey specifically were absolute villains, making the bulk of their money off of capturing other African tribes and selling them for a profit. The King called it the glory of his people. Look up the historical quotes. They wouldn’t stop enslaving other Africans, both to sell to Europeans and to keep for themselves. They were only finally stopped from making money off of it when the British blockaded their ports. There isn’t any group that was worse to black Africans than the Dahomey. It’s the most bizarre choice for a historical group to make heroines out of. It would be like making movie heroes out of people who captured other Jewish people for the Nazis

[@brothercinnamon2479]

@@creepin93 what I am is not the point of our discourse. Your intellectual tank is empty.

[@3220sunshine]

Protect Viola Davis at all COSTS! #PERIODT

[@DavidRichardson95]

Just seen their interview on _The View_ this morning. The ladies _all_ look stunning. Ms. Viola glows with every color she's rocked. I can't wait to watch.

[@creepin93]

The Kingdom of Dahomey (/dəˈhoʊmi/) was a West African kingdom located within present-day Benin that existed from approximately 1600 until 1904. Dahomey developed on the Abomey Plateau amongst the Fon people in the early 17th century and became a regional power in the 18th century by conquering key cities on the Atlantic coast. For much of the 18th and 19th centuries, the Kingdom of Dahomey was a key regional state, eventually ending tributary status to the Oyo Empire.[1] European visitors extensively documented the kingdom and it became one of the most familiar African nations to Europeans.[2] The Kingdom of Dahomey was an important regional power that had an organized domestic economy built on conquest and slave labor,[3] significant international trade and diplomatic relations with Europeans, a centralized administration, taxation systems, and an organized military. Notable in the kingdom were significant artwork, an all-female military unit called the Dahomey Amazons by European observers, and the elaborate religious practices of Vodun.[4] The growth of Dahomey coincided with the growth of the Atlantic slave trade, and it became known to Europeans as a major supplier of slaves.[2] As a highly militaristic kingdom constantly organised for warfare, it captured children, women, and men during wars and raids against neighboring societies, and sold them into the Atlantic slave trade in exchange for European goods such as rifles, gunpowder, fabrics, cowrie shells, tobacco, pipes, and alcohol.[5][6] Other remaining captives became slaves in Dahomey, where they worked on royal plantations and were routinely mass executed in large-scale human sacrifices during the festival celebrations known as the Annual Customs of Dahomey.[2][6] The Annual Customs of Dahomey involved significant collection and distribution of gifts and tribute, religious Vodun ceremonies, military parades, and discussions by dignitaries about the future for the kingdom. In the 1840s, Dahomey began to face decline with British pressure to abolish the slave trade, which included the British Royal Navy imposing a naval blockade against the kingdom and enforcing anti-slavery patrols near its coast.[7] During this time period, Dahomey was also weakened by military defeat from Abeokuta, a Yoruba city-state which was founded as a safe haven for refugees escaping slave raids from Dahomey.[8] Dahomey later began experiencing territorial tensions with France which led to the First Franco-Dahomean War in 1890, resulting in French victory. The kingdom finally fell in 1894 when the last king, Béhanzin, was defeated by France in the Second Franco-Dahomean War, leading to the country being annexed into French West Africa as the colony of French Dahomey.

[@abcsoulchild9248]

Thuso Mbedu is a phenomenal actress. I can’t wait to see her in more films

[@_PraiseNdlovu]

I love Thuso ❤. The whole crew is amazing

[@Poetpalmer]

This was such a powerful interview with the cast of The Women’s King. This interview could have gone one for a day and I would have still been strongly engaged. Viola Davis is so eloquent in her truth-NESS. She just touched some of the issues she has to go through being a beautiful dark skinned sister in the industry and getting decent roles to play. Oh my goodness!!!! This was such a GREAT interview.

[@chrisophocusseboka323]

I love how Sway always shows love to South Africa🇿🇦, we love you big brother!👊🏼👊🏼 Thuso, Modimo ao phahamise ngwaneso❤️🥹

[@sapitgirl]

Best interview with the cast of Women King I've seen. Good job. Y'all covered all the things and left of with more conversations to be had. Much love ❤️

[@werghost6717]

She’s amazing the movie is amazing. I can’t wait to see it again. Perfect cast🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@chosenonebeats]

Phenomenal performances by the entire cast, they deserve to win every award ever invented🏆

[@danik9085]

All these women are beautiful, intelligent, powerful and talented. Wow!

[@gb_the_accuser]

Don't forget delusional. The true story is not see glamorous. This movie was written by a white woman, the lie is pushed by a black leading woman.

[@557Deola]

I'm a Nigerian woman and can't wait to see this great movie!!!!🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤

[@creepin93]

a great movie about a tribe who sold other blacks to europeans?! The Kingdom of Dahomey (/dəˈhoʊmi/) was a West African kingdom located within present-day Benin that existed from approximately 1600 until 1904. Dahomey developed on the Abomey Plateau amongst the Fon people in the early 17th century and became a regional power in the 18th century by conquering key cities on the Atlantic coast. For much of the 18th and 19th centuries, the Kingdom of Dahomey was a key regional state, eventually ending tributary status to the Oyo Empire.[1] European visitors extensively documented the kingdom and it became one of the most familiar African nations to Europeans.[2] The Kingdom of Dahomey was an important regional power that had an organized domestic economy built on conquest and slave labor,[3] significant international trade and diplomatic relations with Europeans, a centralized administration, taxation systems, and an organized military. Notable in the kingdom were significant artwork, an all-female military unit called the Dahomey Amazons by European observers, and the elaborate religious practices of Vodun.[4] The growth of Dahomey coincided with the growth of the Atlantic slave trade, and it became known to Europeans as a major supplier of slaves.[2] As a highly militaristic kingdom constantly organised for warfare, it captured children, women, and men during wars and raids against neighboring societies, and sold them into the Atlantic slave trade in exchange for European goods such as rifles, gunpowder, fabrics, cowrie shells, tobacco, pipes, and alcohol.[5][6] Other remaining captives became slaves in Dahomey, where they worked on royal plantations and were routinely mass executed in large-scale human sacrifices during the festival celebrations known as the Annual Customs of Dahomey.[2][6] The Annual Customs of Dahomey involved significant collection and distribution of gifts and tribute, religious Vodun ceremonies, military parades, and discussions by dignitaries about the future for the kingdom. In the 1840s, Dahomey began to face decline with British pressure to abolish the slave trade, which included the British Royal Navy imposing a naval blockade against the kingdom and enforcing anti-slavery patrols near its coast.[7] During this time period, Dahomey was also weakened by military defeat from Abeokuta, a Yoruba city-state which was founded as a safe haven for refugees escaping slave raids from Dahomey.[8] Dahomey later began experiencing territorial tensions with France which led to the First Franco-Dahomean War in 1890, resulting in French victory. The kingdom finally fell in 1894 when the last king, Béhanzin, was defeated by France in the Second Franco-Dahomean War, leading to the country being annexed into French West Africa as the colony of French Dahomey.

[@557Deola]

@@creepin93 Thank you very much for the history lesson, I will definitely do additional research of my own. My people are actually from the Abeokuta which you mentioned ( I'm currently here right now ) and the place where people seek refuge was/is called Olumo Rock. Olumo Rock is large stone mountain that gave many rooms like caves where people his during civil wars and while hiding from the slave catchers. It's unfortunate that some of our own people played many roles in the Atlantic Slave Trades, not just the Dahomey people. There was a woman called Madam Tinubu who made great fortune for herself and her family from Slave Trades and is greatly celebrate today because not too many knows our history. Those soldiers didn't have an option whether to join that army or not, if they refused, they would be executed. Regardless of the backstory, I am looking forward to seeing it. I think this is a great story that needed to be told and I hope more African nations will be motivated and giving chance to tell their stories.

[@renewilson2540]

@@557Deola When you do you own research you will found what was said above isn't true. Don't believe these VERY educated pro African Diaspora actors would NOT have researched these characters. Half of the main actors are straight from the mother land. We know why you guys are going so hard in the comments against this powerful movie. It won't work, lol.

[@user-dd365]

@@renewilson2540 at this point, I think bots are leaving these comments trying to hate on the film. The film was good

[@amostlyreasonableguy]

@@renewilson2540 nah, she’s legit portraying the historical equivalent of a Nazi general. The Dahomey specifically were absolute villains, making the bulk of their money off of capturing other African tribes and selling them for a profit. The King called it the glory of his people. Look up the historical quotes. They wouldn’t stop enslaving other Africans, both to sell to Europeans and to keep for themselves. They were only finally stopped from making money off of it when the British blockaded their ports. There isn’t any group that was worse to black Africans than the Dahomey. It’s the most bizarre choice for a historical group to make heroines out of. It would be like making movie heroes out of people who captured other Jewish people for the Nazis.

[@ms8martini]

Viola Davis. No further words necessary. ❤

[@jajuansanders3601]

This was the best interview! You know it was good when they’re fighting over not answering the questions. Viola put her mic down at that Queen Elizabeth question😂

[@tereamason3438]

Just seen this movie. It was absolutely fantastic.

[@erickamurria7492]

That moment when Viola's character cries 💪When they stayed at the alter of the ancestors and called the new names 💪🙏🖤👑 Phenomenal movie

[@TomGist]

Movie was super 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 and now knowing Viola Davis produced it makes it even more 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@NikiGolightly]

This movie is amazing and so happy for the cast and crew for creating such an epic piece.

[@imitatorofJesusChrist]

Dahomey was organized for war, not only to expand its boundaries but also to take captives as slaves. Slaves were either sold to the Europeans in exchange for weapons or kept to work the royal plantations that supplied food for the army and court. The Dahomey Kingdom became known to European traders at this time as a major source of slaves in the slave trade at Allada and Whydah. In 1851-1852, the British imposed a naval blockade on the ports of Dahomey in order to force them to end the slave trade. In January 1852, Ghezo accepted a treaty with the British ending the export of slaves from Dahomey. The Kingdom of Dahomey was an important regional power that had an organized domestic economy built on conquest and slave labor, significant international trade and diplomatic relations with Europeans, a centralized administration, taxation systems, and an organized military. There were two Franco-Dahomean wars, which ended in 1894 with France taking over. The Kingdom of Dahomey eventually became French Dahomey, a colony, ten years later. This movie is supposed to be based on a true story… But the depiction is not true! Hollywood is crazy! All they care about is ‘female empowerment’. How pathetic. This movie is a sham!

[@creepin93]

The Kingdom of Dahomey (/dəˈhoʊmi/) was a West African kingdom located within present-day Benin that existed from approximately 1600 until 1904. Dahomey developed on the Abomey Plateau amongst the Fon people in the early 17th century and became a regional power in the 18th century by conquering key cities on the Atlantic coast. For much of the 18th and 19th centuries, the Kingdom of Dahomey was a key regional state, eventually ending tributary status to the Oyo Empire.[1] European visitors extensively documented the kingdom and it became one of the most familiar African nations to Europeans.[2] The Kingdom of Dahomey was an important regional power that had an organized domestic economy built on conquest and slave labor,[3] significant international trade and diplomatic relations with Europeans, a centralized administration, taxation systems, and an organized military. Notable in the kingdom were significant artwork, an all-female military unit called the Dahomey Amazons by European observers, and the elaborate religious practices of Vodun.[4] The growth of Dahomey coincided with the growth of the Atlantic slave trade, and it became known to Europeans as a major supplier of slaves.[2] As a highly militaristic kingdom constantly organised for warfare, it captured children, women, and men during wars and raids against neighboring societies, and sold them into the Atlantic slave trade in exchange for European goods such as rifles, gunpowder, fabrics, cowrie shells, tobacco, pipes, and alcohol.[5][6] Other remaining captives became slaves in Dahomey, where they worked on royal plantations and were routinely mass executed in large-scale human sacrifices during the festival celebrations known as the Annual Customs of Dahomey.[2][6] The Annual Customs of Dahomey involved significant collection and distribution of gifts and tribute, religious Vodun ceremonies, military parades, and discussions by dignitaries about the future for the kingdom. In the 1840s, Dahomey began to face decline with British pressure to abolish the slave trade, which included the British Royal Navy imposing a naval blockade against the kingdom and enforcing anti-slavery patrols near its coast.[7] During this time period, Dahomey was also weakened by military defeat from Abeokuta, a Yoruba city-state which was founded as a safe haven for refugees escaping slave raids from Dahomey.[8] Dahomey later began experiencing territorial tensions with France which led to the First Franco-Dahomean War in 1890, resulting in French victory. The kingdom finally fell in 1894 when the last king, Béhanzin, was defeated by France in the Second Franco-Dahomean War, leading to the country being annexed into French West Africa as the colony of French Dahomey.

[@NikiGolightly]

@@creepin93 I was aware of this and was curious on how they’d handle that important factor of the Dahomey story. I feel they did it well and in a way that allows us to still celebrate this tribe of female warriors, some who were taken from their own tribes by the Dahomey. It’s hollywood, so you can only fit so much info, so at least it opens the door for folks to learn more. You should see the movie. 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@creepin93]

@@NikiGolightly you know the "amazon" females were a part of the bigger army right? this is what i mean the movie is misleading and propping up a treacherous tribe that doesn't deserve a movie to celebrate them.

[@amostlyreasonableguy]

@@NikiGolightly except the movie portrays it like they realized past leaders got it wrong. In real life the Dahomey fought until the end to keep capturing and selling other African tribes as their primary business. The King called it the source of their peoples glory. The last slaves imported to America were black Africans captured and sold into slavery by the Dahomey. They were the villains of history as much as anyone involved in the Atlantic slave trade and had to have their ports blockaded by British ships in order to stop them from exporting African slaves they captured.

[@Wyebank]

I could listen to Viola Davis read the back of a cereal box and I'd feel motivated. Love this woman.

[@bykendrajo]

You ain’t neva lied!!!! 😂😂😂

[@Siayya]

What Volia said about how black women “out strong” ourself with each other. I’ve never heard it in that perspective but it’s so true and so real 💜 I want a different narrative with black women that is healing and loving that ignites growth

[@moniquej369]

Some black women try to “out strong” each other because we’re constantly being pit against each other, so it’s natural instinct. Light skin vs dark skin, masculine vs feminine, long hair vs short hair, and so on… There are also just as many black women(if not more) that champion each other! That doesn’t get talked about enough. I don’t like when people continue to perpetuate this narrative that black women are “aggressive” and can’t get along.🤦🏽‍♀️ That doesn’t tell the whole story.

[@Kim-427]

@@moniquej369 No one necessarily does the pitting. We do that to ourselves. It seems to me it’s our low self esteem as a people. And we equate our self worth through what we have or don’t have. And it’s also an American thing as well.

[@tripolihall4827]

Amen !!! We are our worst enemy. That narrative has got to change for our survival.

[@chrissylove45]

I bought my ticket and so excited to see the movie! Congratulations Woman King!

[@creepin93]

The Kingdom of Dahomey (/dəˈhoʊmi/) was a West African kingdom located within present-day Benin that existed from approximately 1600 until 1904. Dahomey developed on the Abomey Plateau amongst the Fon people in the early 17th century and became a regional power in the 18th century by conquering key cities on the Atlantic coast. For much of the 18th and 19th centuries, the Kingdom of Dahomey was a key regional state, eventually ending tributary status to the Oyo Empire.[1] European visitors extensively documented the kingdom and it became one of the most familiar African nations to Europeans.[2] The Kingdom of Dahomey was an important regional power that had an organized domestic economy built on conquest and slave labor,[3] significant international trade and diplomatic relations with Europeans, a centralized administration, taxation systems, and an organized military. Notable in the kingdom were significant artwork, an all-female military unit called the Dahomey Amazons by European observers, and the elaborate religious practices of Vodun.[4] The growth of Dahomey coincided with the growth of the Atlantic slave trade, and it became known to Europeans as a major supplier of slaves.[2] As a highly militaristic kingdom constantly organised for warfare, it captured children, women, and men during wars and raids against neighboring societies, and sold them into the Atlantic slave trade in exchange for European goods such as rifles, gunpowder, fabrics, cowrie shells, tobacco, pipes, and alcohol.[5][6] Other remaining captives became slaves in Dahomey, where they worked on royal plantations and were routinely mass executed in large-scale human sacrifices during the festival celebrations known as the Annual Customs of Dahomey.[2][6] The Annual Customs of Dahomey involved significant collection and distribution of gifts and tribute, religious Vodun ceremonies, military parades, and discussions by dignitaries about the future for the kingdom. In the 1840s, Dahomey began to face decline with British pressure to abolish the slave trade, which included the British Royal Navy imposing a naval blockade against the kingdom and enforcing anti-slavery patrols near its coast.[7] During this time period, Dahomey was also weakened by military defeat from Abeokuta, a Yoruba city-state which was founded as a safe haven for refugees escaping slave raids from Dahomey.[8] Dahomey later began experiencing territorial tensions with France which led to the First Franco-Dahomean War in 1890, resulting in French victory. The kingdom finally fell in 1894 when the last king, Béhanzin, was defeated by France in the Second Franco-Dahomean War, leading to the country being annexed into French West Africa as the colony of French Dahomey.

[@renewilson2540]

It did NOT disappoint!

[@creepin93]

@@renewilson2540 bet it didn't fail at telling a made up story about a failure of an army.

[@gb_the_accuser]

@@renewilson2540 written by a white woman, pushed by a lead black women. Dehomey were slave trader and eventually destroyed by the French in a single battle. Movies like this will convince black women to be masculine and compete with thier potential husbands. 1 of 4 black women will marry.

[@ChynaRedz]

People need to put some respect on her Viola Davis is absolutely the Queen Woman King

[@amostlyreasonableguy]

Sadly though In real life the Dahomey fought until the end to keep capturing and selling other African tribes as their primary business. The King called it the source of their peoples glory. The last slaves imported to America were black Africans captured and sold into slavery by the Dahomey. They were the villains of history as much as anyone involved in the Atlantic slave trade and had to have their ports blockaded by British ships in order to stop them from exporting African slaves they captured. Viola is portraying the equivalent of a Nazi general in actual history.

[@porkpistol3346]

@@amostlyreasonableguy They don't want to hear it.

[@gb_the_accuser]

Black women want fiction to add to their delusions. Fact is the warrior class women were kings guard and got killed is ma matter of hours. Also the women fought to KEEP slavery going because their country was rich from it.

[@lindaeakers548]

If a biopic is ever done of Grace Jones' life, I think Ms. Shelia Atim would be perfect in the role!

[@rajabcroswell9020]

Gina is such an underrated filmmaker. All of her films have been top notch. My favorite so far is Beyond The Lights. I will definitely be going to see The Woman King for sure.

[@TititoDeBologay]

I didn't know She directed Beyond the Lights. That just goes to show, her artistic consistency and versatility. More power to her.

[@lovewhatyoucollect]

I fully agree with you ! And I love Beyond the lights so much

[@cypress2212]

Get in the theater my people. Keep the numbers climbing. Great first weekend.

[@BLISB]

Thuso is such a standout actress/personality. An amazing actress alongside all of the others. Great cast. Of course Viola Davis is superb. Powerful movie in many ways.

[@williampearson6299]

I want to see her in an action movie. It's silly that men are campaigning for Ana De Armas to be in the next James Bond movies when she can barely fight. She was getting her arse handed to her in The Grey Man.

[@jimmyewhitfield2004]

My third time seeing this amazing film!! My two 16 year old granddaughters had a free afternoon and off we went. Especially rewarding because they hadn’t heard of the movie!!😮 Now they know…. it takes a village! They loved it!!

[@ThokoTwala]

Love Viola Davis. With love from Africa 🇿🇦

[@bernfranci5942]

Ms. Viola, we see and have seen your beauty for many years! Thank you all.

[@IandiBoats]

Viola for President!!

[@creepin93]

The Kingdom of Dahomey (/dəˈhoʊmi/) was a West African kingdom located within present-day Benin that existed from approximately 1600 until 1904. Dahomey developed on the Abomey Plateau amongst the Fon people in the early 17th century and became a regional power in the 18th century by conquering key cities on the Atlantic coast. For much of the 18th and 19th centuries, the Kingdom of Dahomey was a key regional state, eventually ending tributary status to the Oyo Empire.[1] European visitors extensively documented the kingdom and it became one of the most familiar African nations to Europeans.[2] The Kingdom of Dahomey was an important regional power that had an organized domestic economy built on conquest and slave labor,[3] significant international trade and diplomatic relations with Europeans, a centralized administration, taxation systems, and an organized military. Notable in the kingdom were significant artwork, an all-female military unit called the Dahomey Amazons by European observers, and the elaborate religious practices of Vodun.[4] The growth of Dahomey coincided with the growth of the Atlantic slave trade, and it became known to Europeans as a major supplier of slaves.[2] As a highly militaristic kingdom constantly organised for warfare, it captured children, women, and men during wars and raids against neighboring societies, and sold them into the Atlantic slave trade in exchange for European goods such as rifles, gunpowder, fabrics, cowrie shells, tobacco, pipes, and alcohol.[5][6] Other remaining captives became slaves in Dahomey, where they worked on royal plantations and were routinely mass executed in large-scale human sacrifices during the festival celebrations known as the Annual Customs of Dahomey.[2][6] The Annual Customs of Dahomey involved significant collection and distribution of gifts and tribute, religious Vodun ceremonies, military parades, and discussions by dignitaries about the future for the kingdom. In the 1840s, Dahomey began to face decline with British pressure to abolish the slave trade, which included the British Royal Navy imposing a naval blockade against the kingdom and enforcing anti-slavery patrols near its coast.[7] During this time period, Dahomey was also weakened by military defeat from Abeokuta, a Yoruba city-state which was founded as a safe haven for refugees escaping slave raids from Dahomey.[8] Dahomey later began experiencing territorial tensions with France which led to the First Franco-Dahomean War in 1890, resulting in French victory. The kingdom finally fell in 1894 when the last king, Béhanzin, was defeated by France in the Second Franco-Dahomean War, leading to the country being annexed into French West Africa as the colony of French Dahomey.

[@ericstrickland9866]

Awesome Spectacular movie. Viola and cast were phenomenal in Woman King

[@nunyabusiness3516]

This movie is SOOOOO GOOD!!!!!!

[@Passion84GodAlways]

"The Woman King" was a MASTERPIECE!!! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@lakersin556]

I'm definitely going to see this opening weekend, but I'm sneaking my snacks in! 🍿 🎥 🍬

[@creepin93]

The Kingdom of Dahomey (/dəˈhoʊmi/) was a West African kingdom located within present-day Benin that existed from approximately 1600 until 1904. Dahomey developed on the Abomey Plateau amongst the Fon people in the early 17th century and became a regional power in the 18th century by conquering key cities on the Atlantic coast. For much of the 18th and 19th centuries, the Kingdom of Dahomey was a key regional state, eventually ending tributary status to the Oyo Empire.[1] European visitors extensively documented the kingdom and it became one of the most familiar African nations to Europeans.[2] The Kingdom of Dahomey was an important regional power that had an organized domestic economy built on conquest and slave labor,[3] significant international trade and diplomatic relations with Europeans, a centralized administration, taxation systems, and an organized military. Notable in the kingdom were significant artwork, an all-female military unit called the Dahomey Amazons by European observers, and the elaborate religious practices of Vodun.[4] The growth of Dahomey coincided with the growth of the Atlantic slave trade, and it became known to Europeans as a major supplier of slaves.[2] As a highly militaristic kingdom constantly organised for warfare, it captured children, women, and men during wars and raids against neighboring societies, and sold them into the Atlantic slave trade in exchange for European goods such as rifles, gunpowder, fabrics, cowrie shells, tobacco, pipes, and alcohol.[5][6] Other remaining captives became slaves in Dahomey, where they worked on royal plantations and were routinely mass executed in large-scale human sacrifices during the festival celebrations known as the Annual Customs of Dahomey.[2][6] The Annual Customs of Dahomey involved significant collection and distribution of gifts and tribute, religious Vodun ceremonies, military parades, and discussions by dignitaries about the future for the kingdom. In the 1840s, Dahomey began to face decline with British pressure to abolish the slave trade, which included the British Royal Navy imposing a naval blockade against the kingdom and enforcing anti-slavery patrols near its coast.[7] During this time period, Dahomey was also weakened by military defeat from Abeokuta, a Yoruba city-state which was founded as a safe haven for refugees escaping slave raids from Dahomey.[8] Dahomey later began experiencing territorial tensions with France which led to the First Franco-Dahomean War in 1890, resulting in French victory. The kingdom finally fell in 1894 when the last king, Béhanzin, was defeated by France in the Second Franco-Dahomean War, leading to the country being annexed into French West Africa as the colony of French Dahomey.

[@renewilson2540]

You will NOT be disappointed, it was great!

[@ceciliai.ogwude2845]

It's a beautiful movie. A very simple story effectively told

[@DrDronnieO]

Bringing snacks is the only way

[@lakersin556]

@@renewilson2540 seen it Friday, was worth it.

[@AnnaW611]

BEST MOVIE I've seen in years maybe ever!!

[@staciestacie1327]

Oh my loving God. I don't know "Braveheart", but I'll never NOT KNOW "The Woman King" This movie is awesome. So layered. Viola and Cast ... you did the damn thing!!! I don't know Braveheart, but I'll never NOT KNOW "The Woman King"

[@airwatts]

THIS MOVIE WAS EPIC!!!!!!!!!!!! LOVED IT!!!!!

[@keaubreysumpter2731]

I seen the movie Saturday and IT IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING

[@thandekamelissakubeka20]

I will see it 3 times, we have to support our own 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦

[@k-nashstickn2it683]

Much respect to you people keep positivity and the movement alive!💯🙏🏿👊🏿🦾

[@wafo133]

This movie was everything 🤜🏽

[@natsmith05]

This was such amazing conversation. Great questions. So powerful

[@raydavis8266]

Hey viola i know your brother in law just passed. My condolences. Noonie is my cousin. His mother and my grandma Alice are sisters. Give Diane my love and tell her ray said stay strong! Hope you win 25 more oscars!

[@mackhoeldavakan4930]

Davis Viola, you're a GOAT: Good Of All Time💪❤. From Dahomey (Benin) 🇧🇯

[@charliebrown2071]

Viola is now a ICONIC. Film was made with Excellence.

[@malummabea]

Thuso , ✌🏽❤️💯🌍🌍🌍🌍💕you definitely pushing P, love ya

[@diggee172]

I’ve seen numerous reviews with these ladies and I think this is the best one. Congratulations. Heavy

[@jamesomoz529]

Big in the game I so look forward to watching this film 🙏🏿👍🏿 Viola you are amazingly beautiful ❤🙏🏿👍🏿👏😎

[@dangerusscurvs4709]

LOVED THE WOMAN KING!! #thewomanking #violadavis #agojiewusuu

[@Katkayz]

Viola Davis is goddess , she spitting facts

[@creepin93]

hahahahahaha facts... The Kingdom of Dahomey (/dəˈhoʊmi/) was a West African kingdom located within present-day Benin that existed from approximately 1600 until 1904. Dahomey developed on the Abomey Plateau amongst the Fon people in the early 17th century and became a regional power in the 18th century by conquering key cities on the Atlantic coast. For much of the 18th and 19th centuries, the Kingdom of Dahomey was a key regional state, eventually ending tributary status to the Oyo Empire.[1] European visitors extensively documented the kingdom and it became one of the most familiar African nations to Europeans.[2] The Kingdom of Dahomey was an important regional power that had an organized domestic economy built on conquest and slave labor,[3] significant international trade and diplomatic relations with Europeans, a centralized administration, taxation systems, and an organized military. Notable in the kingdom were significant artwork, an all-female military unit called the Dahomey Amazons by European observers, and the elaborate religious practices of Vodun.[4] The growth of Dahomey coincided with the growth of the Atlantic slave trade, and it became known to Europeans as a major supplier of slaves.[2] As a highly militaristic kingdom constantly organised for warfare, it captured children, women, and men during wars and raids against neighboring societies, and sold them into the Atlantic slave trade in exchange for European goods such as rifles, gunpowder, fabrics, cowrie shells, tobacco, pipes, and alcohol.[5][6] Other remaining captives became slaves in Dahomey, where they worked on royal plantations and were routinely mass executed in large-scale human sacrifices during the festival celebrations known as the Annual Customs of Dahomey.[2][6] The Annual Customs of Dahomey involved significant collection and distribution of gifts and tribute, religious Vodun ceremonies, military parades, and discussions by dignitaries about the future for the kingdom. In the 1840s, Dahomey began to face decline with British pressure to abolish the slave trade, which included the British Royal Navy imposing a naval blockade against the kingdom and enforcing anti-slavery patrols near its coast.[7] During this time period, Dahomey was also weakened by military defeat from Abeokuta, a Yoruba city-state which was founded as a safe haven for refugees escaping slave raids from Dahomey.[8] Dahomey later began experiencing territorial tensions with France which led to the First Franco-Dahomean War in 1890, resulting in French victory. The kingdom finally fell in 1894 when the last king, Béhanzin, was defeated by France in the Second Franco-Dahomean War, leading to the country being annexed into French West Africa as the colony of French Dahomey.

[@amostlyreasonableguy]

Sadly though In real life the Dahomey fought until the end to keep capturing and selling other African tribes as their primary business. The King called it the source of their peoples glory. The last slaves imported to America were black Africans captured and sold into slavery by the Dahomey. They were the villains of history as much as anyone involved in the Atlantic slave trade and had to have their ports blockaded by British ships in order to stop them from exporting African slaves they captured. Viola is portraying the equivalent of a Nazi general in actual history. Look it up yourself.

[@garrinevan]

What a great movie! Loved it! Read more about The Dahomey in National Geographic & Smithsonian Magazine. Ms. Viola Davis & Her husband produced the film. Amazing & Inspiring.

[@WellWithRoyal]

Love Viola's take 18:41-21:30

[@chbry1050]

Too much people that never watched the movie is asking for it to be boycotted, but in that gets me is that I've never seen so much Mayo looking people on the comment section talking about how it's about the slave trade, mayo people never called for boycotting of any slave movie nor had any interest, go watch the film stop listening to people that's not seen it!

[@dangerusscurvs4709]

Saw it last night, going again today.

[@cherylmoore3356]

Great interview. ♥️

[@ladiezman239]

Amazing interview, looking forward to this film.

[@creepin93]

The Kingdom of Dahomey (/dəˈhoʊmi/) was a West African kingdom located within present-day Benin that existed from approximately 1600 until 1904. Dahomey developed on the Abomey Plateau amongst the Fon people in the early 17th century and became a regional power in the 18th century by conquering key cities on the Atlantic coast. For much of the 18th and 19th centuries, the Kingdom of Dahomey was a key regional state, eventually ending tributary status to the Oyo Empire.[1] European visitors extensively documented the kingdom and it became one of the most familiar African nations to Europeans.[2] The Kingdom of Dahomey was an important regional power that had an organized domestic economy built on conquest and slave labor,[3] significant international trade and diplomatic relations with Europeans, a centralized administration, taxation systems, and an organized military. Notable in the kingdom were significant artwork, an all-female military unit called the Dahomey Amazons by European observers, and the elaborate religious practices of Vodun.[4] The growth of Dahomey coincided with the growth of the Atlantic slave trade, and it became known to Europeans as a major supplier of slaves.[2] As a highly militaristic kingdom constantly organised for warfare, it captured children, women, and men during wars and raids against neighboring societies, and sold them into the Atlantic slave trade in exchange for European goods such as rifles, gunpowder, fabrics, cowrie shells, tobacco, pipes, and alcohol.[5][6] Other remaining captives became slaves in Dahomey, where they worked on royal plantations and were routinely mass executed in large-scale human sacrifices during the festival celebrations known as the Annual Customs of Dahomey.[2][6] The Annual Customs of Dahomey involved significant collection and distribution of gifts and tribute, religious Vodun ceremonies, military parades, and discussions by dignitaries about the future for the kingdom. In the 1840s, Dahomey began to face decline with British pressure to abolish the slave trade, which included the British Royal Navy imposing a naval blockade against the kingdom and enforcing anti-slavery patrols near its coast.[7] During this time period, Dahomey was also weakened by military defeat from Abeokuta, a Yoruba city-state which was founded as a safe haven for refugees escaping slave raids from Dahomey.[8] Dahomey later began experiencing territorial tensions with France which led to the First Franco-Dahomean War in 1890, resulting in French victory. The kingdom finally fell in 1894 when the last king, Béhanzin, was defeated by France in the Second Franco-Dahomean War, leading to the country being annexed into French West Africa as the colony of French Dahomey.

[@renewilson2540]

It was fabulous!

[@kimberlyking925]

18:27-21;21 So Powerful Mrs, Davis ! You Rock !

[@Mosque46NewOrleans]

Great interview! Great movie! Was the movie of the year!!!!!!!

[@MabawaVocal]

I saw this woman in getting away with murder and the way she acted,when she was dissapointed,the acting was waay good than I ever saw any other woman do on screen

[@henriettawalden1513]

Amen , Viola !!!

[@sesethumadikane158]

Respect Sway 🙏🏽🇿🇦🇿🇦

[@lindadavis6567]

great conversation

[@nangamsokoko4152]

Beauty all around.. Can't wait for its release in South Africa

[@creepin93]

The Kingdom of Dahomey (/dəˈhoʊmi/) was a West African kingdom located within present-day Benin that existed from approximately 1600 until 1904. Dahomey developed on the Abomey Plateau amongst the Fon people in the early 17th century and became a regional power in the 18th century by conquering key cities on the Atlantic coast. For much of the 18th and 19th centuries, the Kingdom of Dahomey was a key regional state, eventually ending tributary status to the Oyo Empire.[1] European visitors extensively documented the kingdom and it became one of the most familiar African nations to Europeans.[2] The Kingdom of Dahomey was an important regional power that had an organized domestic economy built on conquest and slave labor,[3] significant international trade and diplomatic relations with Europeans, a centralized administration, taxation systems, and an organized military. Notable in the kingdom were significant artwork, an all-female military unit called the Dahomey Amazons by European observers, and the elaborate religious practices of Vodun.[4] The growth of Dahomey coincided with the growth of the Atlantic slave trade, and it became known to Europeans as a major supplier of slaves.[2] As a highly militaristic kingdom constantly organised for warfare, it captured children, women, and men during wars and raids against neighboring societies, and sold them into the Atlantic slave trade in exchange for European goods such as rifles, gunpowder, fabrics, cowrie shells, tobacco, pipes, and alcohol.[5][6] Other remaining captives became slaves in Dahomey, where they worked on royal plantations and were routinely mass executed in large-scale human sacrifices during the festival celebrations known as the Annual Customs of Dahomey.[2][6] The Annual Customs of Dahomey involved significant collection and distribution of gifts and tribute, religious Vodun ceremonies, military parades, and discussions by dignitaries about the future for the kingdom. In the 1840s, Dahomey began to face decline with British pressure to abolish the slave trade, which included the British Royal Navy imposing a naval blockade against the kingdom and enforcing anti-slavery patrols near its coast.[7] During this time period, Dahomey was also weakened by military defeat from Abeokuta, a Yoruba city-state which was founded as a safe haven for refugees escaping slave raids from Dahomey.[8] Dahomey later began experiencing territorial tensions with France which led to the First Franco-Dahomean War in 1890, resulting in French victory. The kingdom finally fell in 1894 when the last king, Béhanzin, was defeated by France in the Second Franco-Dahomean War, leading to the country being annexed into French West Africa as the colony of French Dahomey.

[@keyiascraftycorner5571]

I love Viola Davis💙

[@williamdillard5060]

Viola Davis and her production company, Gina Prince-Blythewood as the director have created a true masterpiece. This movie shows the strength, beauty, and soul of the Black woman. What makes it even more beautiful is that they are dark skinned Black women. I saw the movie twice at the theater and I can't count how many times since I bought the Blu ray. Every single time I've watched it I learn something new and different. Every single actor brought their AAA+ game on this movie. The Woman King is the best movie of the year and will go down as one of the best ever. Viola Davis is INCREDIBLE.

[@reneanderson7803]

The best movie I’ve seen in a long time Kudos to all of the actresses and actors This was so Powerful! Intense It’s like I was in the reality of it all

[@silveriorebelo2920]

there is no 'reality' in that movie... everything has been twisted....

[@brothercinnamon2479]

@@silveriorebelo2920 you haven't seen it. get off the sheep train.

[@3v3ryBaddi3sGotAStory]

AMAZING FILM!!!!! I'm going to see it again.✊🏽💪🏾

[@joandrahollis2511]

Bravo to JuVee Production Company, Woman King, Ms. Davis and cast! Please cast me for the sequel. FACTS!! Rhode Island College Alumni!!!Yay!!!

[@cynthiatramil461]

Great conversation long overdue ❤❤❤

[@masoapathie5655]

I am here for Thuso Mbedu, My girlfriend😊🥰

[@Imanifesto]

Viola was dropping those 💎

[@rosannag.burroughs4563]

The females that is in this film with The Queen Viola Davis, they don't appear to give Viola Davis the props and appreciation she certainly deserve! Apparently they do not realize this great woman and legend that they had the pleasure of working with!!!

[@renewilson2540]

The action scenes in this movie was crazy good!

[@mr.mauriceevansjones]

LOVE LOVE LOVE this interview. I must go and watch this movie

[@shalaw1206]

Thank you Sway! Awesomeness. Great Movie, Great Cast.

[@ChynaRedz]

I loved this movie I just seen it

[@reneanderson7803]

All the woman are absolutely beautiful! Oh my goodness I’m going to see it again

[@adjuaadama6623]

Saw it 3x this weekend. Incredible film. As a World History teacher I've been waiting at least for a decade for someone to do a big budget film about the Agojie and West African Kingdom politics from this period. Loved the story and performances. And there is absolutely nothing wrong with historical fiction of any type, as it engages and entertains the average person, and it can (like this film) inspire audiences. But never look to Hollywood films for the complete truth about any subject, and as such it would be unfair to hold this film to a higher standard than others like a 'Saving Private Ryan' etc. that equally shell fictional tales around a fact-based historical context. Keep in mind that if you really want what the historical record knows about the events of the Dahomey Kingdom and King Ghezo, as well as his successors and predecessors, not only are there a number of books but also the Smithsonian has a number of articles and documentaries (some docudramas) that contain the full range of facts and analyses of these subjects. You can start with www.smithsonianmag.com/history/real-warriors-woman-king-dahomey-agojie-amazons-180980750/ , and then after follow all the links to the previous articles they've shared, the docudrama series they produced, and another great source is Lupita Nyong'o's 45 min. documentary where she visits Abomey and the current king of Dahomey and really dives into who the Agojie were - both good and bad. It's an excellent product, and all of those are found here on KZbin.

[@phillynurse9492]

I love teachers ❤️

[@1fayelove]

Love the movie .Will be seeing it again. The movie was smart and fair.

[@carolbryan7494]

Loved this movie!!! Powerful. Will see it again in the theater.🥰🎥🎬🎥🎬🎈🎉🥰

[@alwayslove9697]

How do you disregard the women of Benin sharing stories that have been passed down through history on the brutality of the Dahomey tribe selling other Africans into slavery… do the research!!!

[@inesrodriguez876]

🎉✨Happy New Year 2023 ... and those to come..of Health, Joy, so much Love and Success !!! to Sway, to all his team .....and to Everyone !!!! ✨💝🌸🎉

[@karmencummings9754]

Amazing interview! Amazing movie!

[@shelinahatcher183]

I can relate!

[@Efuru_lwazi]

Thuso Mbedu 🇿🇦🥺🥺

[@nadinelee2728]

Phenomenal Women 🧡💚🧡

[@rashannagibson2945]

Sooo...I came Back to watch this for a 2nd time after I saw the movie 😁😊😉

[@ashleya9615]

So Amazing and NEEDED!!!!❤

[@joandrahollis2511]

Congrats to Ms. Gina for a solid representation of "US"!!!

[@akiiparks]

Way to go Viola!

[@gidgettaitt8549]

I sat and watched it twice

[@TheOnlyNeptoon]

Im #FBA and i must say this was an amazing film.

[@marinatineo8617]

I love 😍😘 the movie the WOMAN KING 😍 I've seen it twice and i can't wait till it's for sale cause I'm going to buy it cause it's one of those movies that you just have to own and i want to own it, I love all the women that were in it,they were awesome and fantastic and the BEST movie 🍿🎥 of the year I want to go see it again, I could watch over and over again,I love it.

[@mosellafelder2171]

I enjoyed this!