As soon as “The Woman King” begins, audiences will know the film is unlike any they’ve seen before. Sharpened nails are pressed into eyes, necks are slit and bodies crumble to the ground as the mighty ...

General Nanisca, played by an imposing Viola Davis, rises slowly out of a bed of tall grass in the dead of night. Behind her, an entire army materializes silently out of the grass, each member poised ...

In real life, the Agojie helped the Dahomey kingdom expand as a conquering force in West Africa, and the Dahomey Amazons fought a long but ultimately losing battle against French imperialists. The ...

The Woman King is earning a lot of positive buzz this week; a 19th-century historical epic starring Viola Davis as a Dahomey general who leads an army of female warriors, the Agojie. The film is being ...

Ilze Kitshoff Ilze Kitshoff/Tristar Pictures Viola Davis and Lashana Lynch are pictured with young recruits in "The Woman King." Leah Asmelash, CNN As soon as “The Woman King” begins, audiences will ...