It was an adaptation of a book The Nightingale, which is about two sisters during the Nazi occupation of France. 'I'd just finished doing a project at TriStar. Having Viola Davis attached made Dana really strive to do her best before and after she was hired to write The Woman King. They’ve both worked in television and film. Oshun – River deity, goddess of divine femininityĪ large part of the cast and crew for this film is female, including the writer and director. Hopefully, audiences will embrace this like they would any well-made, male-led epic. This 63-day shoot was a tough project to get made and was years in the making. Screenwriter Dana Stevens ( Safe Haven, Fatherhood) and director Gina Prince-Bythewood ( Love and Basketball, The Old Guard) share their journeys as artists and of making this film. The journey for any writer or filmmaker is always spiritual on some level. This multidimensional belief network has spiritual deities, Orishas. Yoruba is a part of the women of the Agojie and the Dahomey Empire. In Gladiator, the afterlife and the spiritual realm were a major part of that story’s universe. What makes this unflinching look at history stand out is not only the all-female warriors aspect but the spiritual truss of the story. They are what the Dora Milaje in Black Panther are modeled after. They rotate within the complex ecosystem of African geopolitics, always aware that their role has meaning for their people as a whole. They are a sisterhood, a family, that loves each other and their tribe. Based on a real faction of African soldiers, the Agojie, these female characters aren’t just fighters. The Woman King is equally as ferocious, except the warriors are women. Braveheart (1995), Gladiator, and The Northman (2022) are fierce depictions of men in battle.

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