The Woman King | Viola Davis, John Boyega | Premiering at TIFF! | Sept. 16, 2022

[Eric Atreides]

 

[Eric Atreides]

 

[filmlover]

First look was revealed during I believe the BET Awards last night. Assuming the trailer drops this week or next (makes sense as a Thor attachment).

 

 

First look at THE WOMAN KING starring Viola Davis! The full trailer releases soon. pic.twitter.com/STr1xp0SFE

— More Butter 🧈 (@morebuttertv) June 27, 2022

[Eric Atreides]

 

[Morieris]

 

[Krissykins]

Ooh that looks good. Love Viola. 

[filmlover]

Badass Viola. This looks very entertaining, and also like something that would do well at the box office.

[FilmFincher]

This looks badass, very excited for this now.

[DAJK]

This could do really well. Looks great.

[Napoleon]

That's a great trailer, the movie looks fantastic

[jimisawesome]

Did anyone in this project read anything at all about the economic and cultural history of Dahomey? 

[vale9001]

1 hour ago, jimisawesome said:

Did anyone in this project read anything at all about the economic and cultural history of Dahomey? 

Do you mean the part when they captured african people from other tribes and they sell them as slaves or they made them their own slaves?

We're nott gonna see it, that part of course doesn't fit with Hollywood agenda. 😉

Edited July 9, 2022 by vale9001

[Chaz]

Oof. This movie is problematic AF.

[Nikostar]

2 minutes ago, Chaz said:

Oof. This movie is problematic AF.

How

[vale9001]

It's not problematic lol. Nobody will care expect people caring about real history.

 

Americans will love it. Good africans and evils europeans. Americans have their own version of the history of every country and they are happy with that.

Anyways the trailer is really good. 

Edited July 9, 2022 by vale9001

[Nikostar]

23 minutes ago, vale9001 said:

It's not problematic lol. Nobody will care expect people caring about real history.

 

Americans will love it. Good africans and evils europeans. Americans have their own version of the history of every country and they are happy with that.

Anyways the trailer is really good. 

Facts 

[Menor the Destroyer]

Looks like a cool action movie, I don't really expect too much historical accuracy from these types of movies. 

[filmlover]

Yeah, this looks like a commercial play first and foremost, not an awards one. Interest in the actual history will probably rise but that's it, otherwise everyone's going to be approaching this only for the entertainment value.

[jimisawesome]

1 hour ago, Nikostar said:

How

 

The Dahomey in the time period being depicted where active slave traders going to war in order to kidnap and sell people for the Trans Atlantic slave trade.  That is if they did not keep them to work plantations in order to feed the armies including the group depicted in the movie to steal more people for the slave trade.  Or if they did not sell them they did mass torture of the kidnapped people in human sacrifice. 

 

Here is a quote from the real life guy that Boyega is playing "The slave trade has been the ruling principle of my people. It is the source of their glory and wealth. Their songs celebrate their victories and the mother lulls the child to sleep with notes of triumph over an enemy reduced to slavery."

 

And I am not sure how much I want to touch the 3rd rail of that is the Directors and writers of this movie.  If this movie did not have Yasss queen it would be movie non grata by the very same people. 

 

 

Edited July 9, 2022 by jimisawesome

[jimisawesome]

41 minutes ago, Menor Reborn said:

Looks like a cool action movie, I don't really expect too much historical accuracy from these types of movies. 

 

 

There is taking liberties with history and then there is something like this.  This is not pretending the US won WW2 without any help this is pretending that Japan was a good guy in WW2.  That the Rape of Nanjing was a was really a relocation plan to avoid US bombs.