Originally published on VanityFair by Kristal Brent Zook. An exclusive talk with Davis and director Gina Prince-Bythewood about making a groundbreaking historical epic, out this fall. In 2015, the producer and actor Maria Bello was scheduled to present an award to Viola Davis at the Skirball Cultural Center’s National Women’s History Museum in Los Angeles. … Continue reading The Woman King: Viola Davis on Playing Historical Dahomey War General