Viola Davis is responding to the accusations that her movie The Woman King is not historically accurate.
The Oscar-winning actress and her husband Julius Tennon, who produced the movie with Viola, are opening up in response to people boycotting the movie because it didn’t address the Dahomey Kingdom’s involvement in slavery. Viola and Julius also stepped out for a photo call for the film on Monday (September 19) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Click inside to read what they said in response to the claims… While speaking to Variety, the couple confirmed that “most of the story is fictionalized.” “First of all, I agree with Gina Prince-Bythewood’s saying is you’re not going to win an argument on Twitter.
We entered the story where the kingdom was in flux, at a crossroads. They were looking to find some way to keep their civilization and kingdom alive.
It wasn’t until the late 1800s that they were decimated. Most of the story is fictionalized. It has to be,” Viola said. Julius added, “We are now what we call ‘edu-tainment.’ It’s history but we have to take license.
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