From Love & Basketball to The Woman King, Gina Prince-Bythewood aims to see herself reflected on screen
Just a glimpse of The Woman King is enough to show that Viola Davis and her co-stars did the kind of fight training you can’t fake. (Those aren’t CGI biceps Davis is sporting.) The film’s director, Gina Prince-Bythewood, joined her cast for hours of lifting, running, combat, and stunt work every day for weeks. It’s…