“Viola Davis has been championing this movie as a producer since Day one,” says TriStar Pictures President Nicole Brown at CinemaCon, introducing The historical epic is 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. Davis plays Nanisca and the movie hits theaters just in time for awards season on Sept. 16.
While the pic’s director Gina Prince-Bythewood came out to introduce the film, the whole session segued to an introduction to Davis, who was lauded with the CinemaCon Trailblazer of the Year. A sizzle reel of Davis’ work from and other films played before the Oscar-winning actress took the stage.The Woman King“You know the five words I don’t want to take to my grave would be, ‘’I was not brave enough.’ That I didn’t risk discomfort, failure exposure,” said the actress.
She said Cecily Tyson was her inspiration. “I just knew that when I was 9 years old and I saw [her] for the first time and saw that vision jump out of the screen, the radical power that gave me to believe in something bigger than my world, it touched down and landed in me and it landed in a generation of artists.
“I offer you a choice: fight or we die,” she screams at her tribesmen, “We fight for our ancestors, we fight for the future.”
Guess we will have to wait and see but this does not seem like the kind of thing to romanticize. Perhaps a well funded documentary
We need more films about African history! Thanks! Can't wait to see this! Why aren't Oprah and Tyler Perry producing movies about African history OprahandViola
FilmFatale_NYC WHAT?! I wanna see it!!!!
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