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On September 16, audiences will witness the story of the Agojie, the all-female warrior unit who protected the African kingdom of Dahomey from its enemies in the 19th century. Directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood and starring Viola Davis, Lashana Lynch, Sheila Atim, Adrienne Warren, and Thuso Mbedu, The Woman King not only uncovers and reframes a significant chapter in West African history. It renews a sense of pride and purpose for Black women of all walks of life across the diaspora.
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00:00It's the beauty of what we do as artists that, you know, the final part of the collaboration in our art is the audience.
00:06That's the beauty of connection. There is nothing that can be sort of cultivated in isolation.
00:13We are so much stronger together. I didn't know I had sisters in places.
00:21I don't believe we would have been able to accomplish what we did if we hadn't had the type of support that we did.
00:27It's like everything that one has gone through and pushing to be where I am now, none of it was in vain.
00:35I've just never seen so many dark skin women in the same frame. I've just never seen it.
00:42All looking the way we looked, doing what we were doing.
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