The casts of “Women Talking,” “The Fabelmans,” “My Policeman,” and more hit the red carpet at the 47th Toronto International Film Festival, from September 8 through 18.
Viola Davis plays the titular (and fact-based) role in Gina Prince-Bythewood’s bombastic spectacle.
TIFF: Viola Davis and John Boyega on the red carpet for Gina Prince-Bythewood’s fact-based epic about the all-female Agojie warriors of West Africa.
The cast trainer on the Gina Prince-Bythewood film explains how DNA testing was used in building their warrior physiques.
Lashana Lynch, John Boyega, and Thuso Mbedu also star in the film directed by Gina Prince-Blythewood and written by Dana Stevens.
Gina Prince-Bythewood directs the upcoming Sony film, in theaters September 16.
The “Fences” star said that mindless entertainment “destroys our art form.”
The 75th Cannes Film Festival opened May 17 with glitzy premieres and an even more glam red carpet.
The Oscar and Emmy winner revealed she had known the male director for a decade and he still confused her with his housekeeper.
“It gives them an opportunity to be cruel,” said Davis, whose performance as Michelle Obama in the Showtime series has drawn jeers.
Davis recalled that even some fellow Black actors thought she wasn’t pretty enough to pull off “How to Get Away with Murder,” for which she’s won Emmy and SAG awards.
We’re left with a glitzy, star-studded, ill-defined viewpoint of what it means to be First Lady.
