‘The Woman King’ Director Gina Prince-Bythewood On Viola Davis And Why It’s Important To “See Ourselves As Heroic Or As Kings Or As Queens”
For director Gina Prince-Bythewood, making the historical epic The Woman King was a dream come true. Despite dealing with a seven-year-long development process, Prince-Bythewood was determined to prove that Hollywood stories centering on powerful Black women deserve to be seen. Based on a real all-female faction of West African soldiers known as the Agojie, the […]