Viola Davishas assembled her own army.
“But we have a weapon they are not prepared for,” the story continues.
That weapon is the Agojie.
Viola Davis wages war against European colonialism in ‘The Woman King’.Ilze Kitshoff/TriStar Pictures
“You are called to join the King’s Guard,” she tells the recruits.
“No kingdom in all of Africa shares this privilege.
Train hard, fight harder.
We fear no one, and we fear no pain.
I offer you a choice: fight or we die.”
Black PantherstarLupita Nyong’owas also originallyset to star in the film, but has since dropped out.
She wrote the screenplay with Dana Stevens.
The Woman Kingwill premiere in theaters Sept. 16.
Watch the trailer above.
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