Usually the best said is saved for last at a TIFF premiere, meaning the biggest speeches come during a pic’s Q & A. However, The Woman King star and producer Viola Davis brought the house…
brought the house down with a passionate speech about her “magnum opus” film, and how she hopes it inspires generations of Black women.
about how the female-driven Black period pic was a roll of the dice sans really any comps — except possiblyThe movie, with a story by Maria Bello and Dana Stevens, is a historical epic inspired by the true events that happened in The Kingdom of Dahomey, one of the most powerful states of Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries. John Boyega also stars with Lashana Lynch.
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