'The Woman King': Reviews and Anatomy of a Scene

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Director Gina Prince-Bythewood narrates a scene from the action epic “The Woman King,” starring Viola Davis and now in theaters for The New York Times.

Prince-Blythewood's approach to making a training montage different than what audiences have seen before, one she employed in her previous action film, “The Old Guard,” was to have actors perform

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[mizzyoung]

I'm sooooooo excited for this movie!!! 🤩

[iznanassi]

Really hope the white people stop concern trolling about "glorified slavers" and let the black scholars address it, it was really frustrating to see them justifying review bombing the movie

[sassalicious]

So the first I really heard about Dahomey was when I read the book "The Last Slave Ship" about the Clotilda (followed it up with the podcast "Into the Depths" which I also recommend) and I'd be interested in learning more . . . do you happen to have any book recs or could you point me in the right direction to find someone to ask for recs?

[digi_sprite]

[la_petite_singe]

I see the boycott hashtag is trending rn -- I don't pretend to be an expert on the history, but I do know it's a good idea to do the opposite of what vile misogynist/misogynoirist T*riq N*sheed says to do.

[sandstorm]

There are lots of good elements to it, and be prepared for a bunch of cliches.

[sassalicious]

I saw a trailer for this a few weeks ago and it looks really good!

[ahkna]

I was already ready for this just based on the description but that it's actually good is icing on the cake.