{"id":1206020,"date":"2022-09-16T23:59:39","date_gmt":"2022-09-16T23:59:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/16\/viola-davis-absolutely-slays-on-the-latest-cover-of-elle-brasil-magazine\/"},"modified":"2022-09-16T23:59:39","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T23:59:39","slug":"viola-davis-absolutely-slays-on-the-latest-cover-of-elle-brasil-magazine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/16\/viola-davis-absolutely-slays-on-the-latest-cover-of-elle-brasil-magazine\/","title":{"rendered":"Viola Davis Absolutely Slays On The Latest Cover Of \u2018ELLE Brasil\u2019 Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n                                <!--  --><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As she gears up for the release of her highly-anticipated and critically-acclaimed film \u2018The Woman King,\u2019 Academy Award winner Viola Davis took some time out for a high fashion slay on the latest cover of \u2018ELLE Brasil\u2019 magazine. In a series of photos accompanying the shoot, Viola Davis slays in various all-black and all-white designs, as she talks about her new film, her career and more.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speaking about the extreme importance of a film like \u2018The Woman King\u2019 and what it means for Black audiences, especially Black women, Viola Davis said \u201cWe want to take the reins, and this film is a reflection of it. It is also the result of a desire of mine to see more women retintas on the screen, because I don\u2019t see each other.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CijVMJVLFF_\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\"><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2018The Woman King,\u2019 which is directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood of the legendary 2000 classic \u2018Love &amp; Basketball,\u2019 Viola Davis takes on the lead role of Nanisca, a warrior inspired by a historical figure, who leads an all-female army in Dahomey. In addition to a majority female cast and director, the film also has a large female presence of producers, all whose goal is to put female narratives front and center onscreen and out from behind the male perspective.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fans can next see Viola Davis do her thing in the upcoming DC superhero film, \u2018Black Adam,\u2019 where she will reprise her role as Amanda Waller from the \u2018Suicide Squad\u2019 film series.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\nif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\nn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script',\n'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');<\/p>\n<p> fbq('init', '1743561565887263'); \nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As she gears up for the release of her highly-anticipated and critically-acclaimed film \u2018The Woman King,\u2019 Academy Award winner Viola Davis took some time out for a high fashion slay on the latest cover of \u2018ELLE Brasil\u2019 magazine. 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