The Woman King Insists a Different World Is Worth Fighting For

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In many ways, Gina Prince-Bythewood’s The Woman King is a fairly standard action blockbuster epic.

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It has a young hero who learns about a unique heritage. There are (wonderfully staged) battles.

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As the film opens, Dahomey is at a crisis point. A neighboring empire obtained horses and guns from European traders.

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Its leader Oba Ade (Jimmy Odukoya), hungry for more enslaved people to enrich his kingdom, has started encroaching on Dahomey.

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The success of Black Panther—a film celebrating an African nation with an elite female fighting force—probably paved the way for The Woman King.

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That solidarity includes an appreciation of Dahomey’s culture, with its joyful dancing and its women who adamantly don’t need European chivalry.

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The Woman King Insists a Different World Is Worth Fighting For

In many ways, Gina Prince-Bythewood’s The Woman King is a fairly standard action blockbuster epic.

It has a young hero who learns about a unique heritage. There are (wonderfully staged) battles.

As the film opens, Dahomey is at a crisis point. A neighboring empire obtained horses and guns from European traders.

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Its leader Oba Ade (Jimmy Odukoya), hungry for more enslaved people to enrich his kingdom, has started encroaching on Dahomey.

The success of Black Panther—a film celebrating an African nation with an elite female fighting force—probably paved the way for The Woman King.

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That solidarity includes an appreciation of Dahomey’s culture, with its joyful dancing and its women who adamantly don’t need European chivalry.

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