Saturday Matinee Movies: The Woman King

Bringing Women's History Forward

Take some down time without a hit to the wallet! Featuring new, popular, and highly rated films, come to QPL's Saturday matinees for some free entertainment!

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Date:  March 18        Title:  The Woman King      Length:  145 min     Release Year:  2022      Rating: Pg-13

To honor Women's History Month, March movies feature strong female leads, as well as females that alter the course of history.  Quincy Public Library brings you a film that exploded at the box office, loved by both movie critics and fans alike:  The Woman King. This historical epic film, based on a true story, is about the Agojie, the powerful all-female warrior unit that protected the kingdom of Dahomey, in West Africa, from the 17th to 19th centuries. Set in the 1820’s, Viola Davis stars as a general who trains the next generation of warriors to fight their enemies. 

Rotten Tomatoes Audience Rating: 99%