The Woman King (2022)

The story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s with skills and a fierceness unlike anything the world has ever seen, and General Nanisca as she trains the next generation of recruits and readies them for battle against an enemy determined to destroy their way of life.

• 19th century
• africa
• arranged marriage
• based on true story
• battle scene
• female warrior
• freed slave
• military unit
• mother daughter reunion
• slave trade
• warrior woman
• weapons training
• west africa