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Summary: <p>One of the Fall’s highly anticipated films is The Woman King starring <a href="https://twitter.com/violadavis">Viola Davis</a>. It’s the story of the Dahomey empire and their elite fighting force, the Agojie, made up entirely of women. </p> <p>We talk with director <a href="https://twitter.com/GPBmadeit">Gina Prince-Bythewood</a> and producer Cathy Schulman about what it took to get this movie made, the inclusion of difficult subjects, and what it means to have a film that centers Black women.</p> <p> </p>