MOVIE TITLE: THE WOMAN KING GENRE: ACTION SHOWING AT: NEW CAPITOL

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The Woman King is a historical epic film about the Agojie, the all-female warrior unit that protected the West African kingdom of Dahomey during the 17th to 19th centuries. Set in the 1820s, the film stars Viola Davis as a general who trains the next generation of warriors to fight their enemies. In the West African kingdom of Dahomey in General Nanisca, leader of the all-female group of warriors, the Agojie, liberates Dahomean women who were abducted by slavers from the Oyo Empire. Nanisca begins to train a new generation of warriors to join the Agojie in order to protect the kingdom.