a lot of that buzz is for viola davis, who plays nanisca. she is the general of the agojie, an elite force of female soldiers guarding the dahomey kingdom in west africa in the 1820s. the plot involves conflict with neighbouring warlords, portuguese slave traders. there is plenty of spectacle, plenty of action. there is an extraordinary cast, including john boyega — in his best role yet, i think — lashana lynch, sheila atim. very solidly directed by gina prince—bythewood, beautifully shot by polly morgan. but it is viola davis who dominates the screen. she is such a commanding screen presence. i mean, this is a role — it's muscular, it's sinewy, it demands a lot of emotional work, a lot of really physical stuff. and the direction of the film, its solid. it's not going to break any cinematic rules, it's not changing the form of cinema. it's very, very mainstream. but it's also a movie which is, despite that great ensemble cast, really carried by that central performance. and, i mean, i loved viola davis recently in ma rainey�*s blac

[ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: that is john boyega and viola davis in "the woman king." did we just ruin the movie? i mean, i feel like maybe we just spoiled the movie. >> no, no, no. i think that's a good moment. >> jimmy: okay, all right, good. >> that's great. >> jimmy: i want to be clear, the movie studio gave us that clip, because people get mad at me. >> as long as they did it. >> jimmy: as long as they did it. >> that's a great clip, incredible. >> jimmy: viola davis, she's an incredible talent, person, all of that stuff. you could imagine that she would be like royalty in some time, right? >> i mean, she is royalty in our industry. >> jimmy: in our industry. [ cheers and applause ] does that -- at this point in your career, does that -- does working with her make you a little nervous? meeting her? >> oh, i mean, yeah. definitely my heart rate did increase every step closer to her in certain scenes. certain scenes i have to have authority against viola davis. [ laughter ] which, you know, is scary. but i feel like when you've worked with harrison ford -- you know.

we have the woman king, which is a sweeping epic with viola davis. and there's a new film by peter strickland, flux gourmet, which i am very much looking forward to discussing with you. yes. plenty to be said there. but let's start with the glorious lesley manville. so, mrs harris goes to paris, which is based on a book by paul gallico, who wrote the snow goose and the poseidon adventure and a bunch of things that were adapted. lesley manville is ada harris. she earns a living cleaning for rich clients, who are often horrible, who own dior dresses. she's waiting for her husband to return from the war — he's not coming back. she discovers, finally, he's not coming back and she gets a war widow's pension.

we have the woman king, which is a sweeping epic with viola davis. and there's a new film by peter strickland, flux gourmet, which i am very much looking forward to discussing with you.

viola davis and john boyega star in the woman king — about a group of female african warriors. she spoke to luxmy ghopal about what the film means to her. it's one of those perfect moments where a role meets a movie meets a narrative, a personal narrative, meets great actors, meets a great location, it's all of it. this film features an all—women army, a predominantly black women cast, how much does that mean to you? it means everything. six—year—old viola would have been saved with watching these images back in 1971. and this film i think will influence a whole generation of young girls. and if we look at the fact that here we are in black history month, do you you feel optimistic about representation of people of colour, women of colour? of colour. because i am not going anywhere. i am always going to be in the fight — the one thing i know that i know that i know is that i am a survivor so even without hashtags and black lives matter, and #0scarssowhite or whatever, i know at the end of the day kim kardashian has been fined more than a million dollars by financial reg

we have the woman king, which is a sweeping epic with viola davis. and there's a new film by peter strickland, flux gourmet, which i am very much looking forward to discussing with you. yes. plenty to be said there. but let's start with the glorious lesley manville. so, mrs harris goes to paris, which is based on a book by paul gallico, who wrote the snow goose and the poseidon adventure and a bunch of things that were adapted. lesley manville is ada harris. she earns a living cleaning for rich clients, who are often horrible, who own dior dresses. she's waiting for her husband to return from the war — he's not coming back. she discovers, finally, he's not coming back and she gets a war widow's pension. and she decides, "ok, i'm going to make my dream come true. "i'm going to take whatever money i have, whatever other "money i can get together, i'm going to go to paris and i'm "going to buy myself a dior dress like i have seen in the houses "of these glamourous women that i clean for." so she goes to paris and she turns up at the house of dior, whe

of the woman king, the film stars academy award winner viola davis. inspired by true events, the film is a story about an all woman unit of warriors who protected in african kingdom in the 18 hundreds. we spoke to the director of the film gina prince bythewood, and she says this is a story that's never been told before. i wanted to be truthful and authentic, and that meant doing a really deep dive and going past. kind of the history that some wikipedia and really focusing on these great consultants, historians that we found in benin who are telling the history of their ancestors, and they felt like that's the story. i want to tell. that's the most truthful version of this film. prince bythewood is also known for directed films such as love and basketball and the secret life of bees. people who live work or study in brooklyn may discover that it pays to be kind. ktvu san ruben introduces us to a cal professor who is offering prizes for people who do good in their community. alan ross, a professor at uc berkeley's haas school of business wants to give y

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there's amanda waller, played by viola davis, from the suicide squad films. so, he really fits in, black, adam into the d.c. universe. should we expect more black adam movies, and even black adam cameos? >> i think so, jake. that's the intention and the whole goal here, and the strategy of our seven bucks production with warner brothers in d.c. as well. to me, all the characters of the -- i'm sorry, all the characters of the dc universe should cross paths. and i try my best to think ten steps ahead on what fans might like. so, we're in the process now of creatively figuring out what the next best step is, should be we be lucky enough to make a sequel. and infighting some other d.c. characters in our movie. but also, as you know, and a lot of people out there know, when you look at the d.c. bible, man, there are so many cool characters that have yet to be introduced to the world. so, i look for that to. >> so, what about all the talk, and even some polling about the rock making a run for the white house? i will ask when we come back after this quick break. but

raining tonight of the woman king, the film stars academy award winner viola davis. it is inspired by true events. the film is a story about an all woman unit of warriors who protected an african kingdom in the 18 hundreds. we spoke with the director of the film gina prince bythewood, who says this is a story that has never been told. these women this kingdom, these warriors it's been a history that's been erased and ignored. so to be able to put these women up on screen, the story up on screen for the world to know to be enlightened by inspired by, that's what grabbed me. prince bythewood is also known for directing films such as love and basketball and the secret life of bees. drivers are now eligible to get digital license plates right here in california. a new bill signed into law now allows anyone to get this digital plate. the company that provides them says benefits include the ability to renew new plates without a sticker and built in technology to display messages such as i'm stolen on vehicles. the plates cost $20 a month on top of your annual renewal fees,

we have this new movie, the woman king, out right now with viola davis. it's based on the people who captured the people on the clotilda. and i have not seen the movie yet. i need to see it. but these were wicked. this was perhaps one of the most brutal regimes in world history. and you can see that there today in benin. so the diamond empires who captured the people on the clotilda and today the diamonds are the modern day fawn tribe in benin are the dominant ethnic group. but all the tribes they captured were also in modern day benin. and so you can tell in in benin, looking at people on the street by facial scarification that things what tribe they were in whether they were the capturing tribe, the diamonds or one of the dozens of tribes, the diamonds enslaved. and it's leading to a rift in the country that's been building for hundreds of years. they're very worried about a genocide like rwanda, which was just a tribal resentment gone awry. and so the government there is actually doing something similar. what we're working on here with reconciliation,

we have this new movie, the woman king, out right now with viola davis. it's based on the people who captured the people on the clotilda. and i have not seen the movie yet. i need to see it. but these were wicked. this was perhaps one of the most brutal regimes in world history. and you can see that there today in benin. so the diamond empires who captured the people on the clotilda and today the diamonds are the modern day fawn tribe in benin are the dominant ethnic group. but all the tribes they captured were also in modern day benin. and so you can tell in in benin, looking at people on the street by facial scarification that things what tribe they were in whether they were the capturing tribe, the diamonds or one of the dozens of tribes, the diamonds enslaved. and it's leading to a rift in the country that's been building for hundreds of years. they're very worried about a genocide like rwanda, which was just a tribal resentment gone awry. and so the government there is actually doing something similar. what we're working on here with reconciliation,