Gina Prince Bythewood

Meet some of the cast of ‘The Woman King’

‘The Woman King’ tells the story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s with skills and fierceness

Bongeka Gumede

5 min read

Battle: A scene from The Woman King, which tells the story of all-woman warrior unit the Agojie, which protected the West African kingdom of Dahomey from the 17th to the 19th century.

FILM SCORES

3 OCT 2022

The music mastery behind ‘The Woman King’

Five-time Grammy winner Terence Blanchard talks composing score for the box office hit

Lihle Z Mtshali

8 min read

GINA PRINCE BYTHEWOOD

3 OCT 2022

Secrets of making an all black woman action film

Mail & Guardian Friday editor Lerato Tshabalala chats to ‘The Woman King’ director Gina Maria Prince-Bythewood about working with Viola Davis and Thuso Mbedu

Lerato Tshabalala

17 min read