THE WOMAN KING (2022)
JUST REWATCHED THE WOMAN KING (2022) AND I’M STILL ON THE FLOOR SCREAMING “AGOJIE FOREVER” AT MY TV
Viola Davis as General Nanisca isn’t acting; she’s channeling 200 years of ancestors who never got their flowers. Every stare could stop an army. Every roar could wake the gods. This woman just rewrote what “badass” means for the rest of cinema history
The training scenes? Poetry with machetes. The battles? Pure thunder in female form. When those warriors climb walls, swing blades, and protect their sisters with their LIVES… I felt my blood remember something ancient.
Lashana Lynch, Thuso Mbedu, Sheila Atim, John Boyega serving king energy… the entire cast is a masterclass. But this movie isn’t just action; it’s healing. It’s rage. It’s “we were queens before they tried to erase us.”
Gina Prince-Bythewood said “Black women deserve epics too” and then dropped the greatest warrior film of the decade. Period.
If you slept on this in 2022, fix your life tonight. Stream it, cry, scream, feel unstoppable.
We are the daughters of the Agojie. Bow down or get the blade
