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South African actress Thuso Mbedu, who leads Barry Jenkins‘ highly-anticipated Underground Railroad series, has just set her next big project. Deadline has learned she’ll star opposite Viola Davis in The Woman King.
Directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, the film is inspired by real events that took place in the powerful African state of Dahomey in the 18th and 19th centuries. It tells the story of Nanisca, the general of an all-female military unit called the Amazons, and her daughter, Nawi. Together, the two fight against the French and neighboring tribes who enslave their people and threaten to destroy
