SUBTITLES GBF2022
WESTERN AFRICA
The African kingdom of Dahomey is at a crossroads.
A new king, Ghezo, has just taken power.
Their enemy, the Oyo Empire, has joined forces with the Mahi people
to raid Dahomey villages and sell their captives to European slave traders,
an evil trade that has placed both nations in a vicious circle.
The powerful Oyo have new weapons and horses, But the young king has his own fearsome weapon:
an elite force of female soldiers, the Agojie, led by a general, Nanisca.
Now these warriors are all that stands between the Oyo and the annihilation of Dahomey.
Agojie! Oh...
Agojie!
No!
Where are the prisoners?
Where are our people?
We are farmers. We don't take anyone!
Miganon.
You'll be home soon.
Horses.
This can only mean oyo soldiers.
Who is she?
My mother.
Let's take you back to your village.
- Maybe your father... - They sold him.
And my brothers.
They sold them all.
Miganon.
The prisoners are ready to march.
Bring me stronger warriors.
Thanks.
No Matt... nawi!
- Yes? - Tell your mother
to see me through the dress.
What dress?
Your wedding dress.
I will make you beautiful.
Tell her.
Did they make you another game?
I don't know what she's talking about.
They are coming.
Let's go.
Come here!
- Daughter! Come! - My daughter!
My sister!
Mom!
I'm so happy to see you.
- But I want to see. - Shh!
The king does not allow us to look at the agojie.
Nanisca
It's a victory.
They are here for you.
They don't know that evil is coming.
They know you will protect them.
I wish to speak to the king.
He's only seeing wives today.
Tell him. I will wait.
The agojie drink of the skulls
of the men they killed. - No.
They cut off their heads
and melt your skin in boiling cauldrons.
- Sisters! Sisters! - Navi.
- Hmm? - We have a visitor.
He is a rich sugarcane man.
Come.
Maybe he's handsome.
I own three fields of palm trees.
You go to work.
Don't you talk to your husband?
In my house, you will learn to obey.
Nawi!
Forgive my daughter.
The whispers were right.
This one...
Girl is worthless.
Master abbot.
Come!
I wish to give my daughter to the king.
No husband will have her.
I'm not going to marry an old man who beats me.
Go to war, then.
You will understand what pain is.
To type.
In the palace, you don't need to look away.
Come.
Close your mouth.
You look like a fish.
What's there?
Indigo dye.
Oh.
What did you think it was?
Heads.
At the.
These are the heads.
Some of the men who invaded our village.
The remainder will be sold in Ouidah.
No men but eunuchs are allowed
in the palace after dark.
Beyond this wall, this is a palace of women.
Come.
Hey.
Go take a shower.
Hi, can you see this?
His murdered companions...
By women.
The Dahomey gets very bold under their new king.
My loves.
My love.
Nanisca, come with me.
Why does he always favor her?
She comes here dirty, doesn't show respect.
She fought for him during the coup.
Put him on the throne.
What did you do?
She locked herself in a closet.
The Oyo entered our land.
They broke the peace.
When they come to the tribute,
we won't pay.
- But that would mean war. - Migan, we went
under the foot of oyo since my father's time.
Aren't you tired? Eh?
Oh, because we... We fear their power.
Because of fear.
My king, they are a nation twice our size,
with horses and more muskets.
We need time to plan and prepare our armies.
The agojie are ready.
How many did you lose in this last battle
against the humble mahi?
My king, I hear whispers of a new general.
This last attack was a clash of swords.
Just it.
I agree.
Dahomey thrived in peace.
And hi too.
The slave trade is the reason we prosper.
But at what price?
It is a poison that kills us slowly,
and Europeans know it.
They come to our land for their human cargo.
They came to trade.
We sell them what they want.
But why do we sell our captives?
For weapons?
Capture more people to sell for more weapons?
It's an endless dark circle.
This is not the way.
The spirits have spoken.
If� seeks the light.
So, what do you suggest, runt?
We have other things to sell.
Gold. Palm oil.
We can double our harvest.
She wants to make us a nation of peasants.
I want dahomey to survive.
The gods have brought us a new king.
A king to be feared.
No one fears a farmer.
We have already started collecting the tribute.
Maybe we'll pay, to save time.
I promise...
This will be our last.
As for the palm oil, nanisca, show me.
Show me how much you can produce and we'll see.
You speak in secret with the king.
You seek to cut me.
If the king respects me,
It's because I won.
I think
I am doing this.
You come to Ghezo Palace,
the ninth monarch of the Dahoma people,
descendants of the agasu leopard,
Beloved of the twin gods, Mawu and her brother Lisa.
You are called to join the king's guard.
We fight...
Or we die.
We fight for dahomey,
for our sisters,
for our great king.
You will be revered.
You will be paid for your work.
Your opinions will be heard.
No tribe or kingdom in all of Africa
shares this privilege.
For this tribute,
We live our lives within these palace walls.
We take no husband.
We won't have children.
Mah women,
no harm will come to him for the sins of his men.
I offer you and our people a choice.
Any woman who doesn't want to stay...
You can go out.
I can't go on with this one.
You are speaking vodun. You don't want to hear it.
No, you want to laugh.
Do not touch another warrior's weapon.
Millimeters. Especially that one.
It is cursed.
Esi couldn't hit an elephant in a stampede.
Turn your back and see
how true is my goal. -Oh me?
Millimeters.
I spent all my freedoms walking on the river
until you find the perfect sharpening stone.
In gentle way by the waterfall.
Sharpen for a Thorn.
Pop your eyeballs, the fight is over.
They're also useful for keeping interns on track.
Why didn't you take a shower?
You will bring the vultures.
- I let the others go before me. - Oh.
The first rule of training:
Always obey izogie.
I have isogy.
I'm very sorry.
You can stay.
Are you one of the captives we freed?
No. My father brought me.
As a gift to the king.
Is your father rich?
He must be.
Otherwise, he would have sold her to a rich husband.
He tried.
I don't want a husband.
I want to be a soldier.
- An agojie. - How old are you?
I am 19 years old.
You look like a child.
I work hard.
Harder than anyone else.
Many obstinate daughters are dumped in the palace.
They usually fail.
All our lives, they...
They tell us stories about the agojie.
That you have magic.
You look like a normal old lady to me.
The fight is not magic.
� skill.
Let's see if you have any.
I am not a soldier.
So why did you stay?
I have nowhere to go.
You are mahi.
Why did you stay?
Here, I will be the hunter, not the prey.
Today, you are receiving your first weapon.
It's not good.
Oh good.
Again.
A rope is not a weapon.
Do you want a different weapon?
Stand.
Go. Attack the soldier. Take his head.
- I apologize. - Don't apologize. Do it.
I would work on that rope.
Hey. Ts�-ts�.
Who is ts�-ts�?
You, little fly.
Buzzing at full speed.
But you don't know where you're going.
We need smart warriors.
Donkeys die quickly.
I'm not stupid.
-Then show me.
You have to train differently.
Training is a game.
It's playing, like when you were a child.
I wasn't allowed to play.
I was made to work.
Such a sad tale.
You don't know anything.
You know, when I was 14,
my mother put up a sign to sell my virginity.
The first man came,
and I cried for my mother, but she didn't come.
The second man came and complained about my tears,
then she hit me.
The third man came and I burned him with a coal.
His family was cruel,
just like my mother.
It's enough to make you cry.
But it's better to laugh. Yes?
You have a new family now.
Trainees, let's get you ready
for the final test.
You will perform your battle skills before the king.
Those who pass the test
will become agojie.
And those who fail will leave the palace,
never to return.
Hey, look at you. Oyo will catch you,
hang him by his feet and slit his throat.
Use your feet and walk!
Stand up. You're just waiting to die.
Are we training to cook?
You are cutting a body, not a yam.
Swing with purpose.
Prepare. Fire!
Well, hate it.
- To go out! - Nawi, you move like a sloth.
That's right.
Daom�!
Isogy!
Agojie!
Smoke.
Show me how to tie the rope.
Never.
It's the only thing I can do better than you.
Ode, this one.
But have you seen izogie?
With the dagger here.
She's standing there, not moving, not in pain.
- Wow. - I love that.
I will be like her.
Yes my friend.
- As strong as her. - Hum-hum.
If you try to stab me, I'll stab you back.
Yes.
Rewind.
Which one of you designed this trick?
Hmm?
- Then you will all be punished. - I made it.
- We all did it. - No.
It was me.
I apologize.
Again.
Return to the barracks.
How do you make this explosion?
You don't need weapons to use gunpowder.
We just need a spark.
Do you like the weapons?
Do you like practicing with the infantrymen?
I see you flirting.
- Is that not allowed? - You know it's not.
Why not?
Men who are soldiers have wives and children,
but agojie cannot.
How is this fair?
Were you so arrogant towards your family?
No wonder they handed you over.
It's you who's arrogant.
I am a general.
I won.
You haven't gained anything.
I should throw you out.
- No. - I saw soldiers die
because they had no discipline.
Their easy life did not prepare them for
- this life here like an agojie. - I haven't had an easy life.
I haven't had an easy life.
Please.
I want to be here with others.
I want to fight for my king.
Please.
Your tears mean nothing.
To be a warrior, you must kill your tears.
Go.
Oh.
Go.
Hey.
You are a mahi prisoner.
That's all you'll ever be.
What did you say?
- She killed our people. - You killed mine.
I also came here captive.
Do you think you're better than me?
No, ajah.
If you pass the final test,
you are one of us.
It doesn't matter where you come from.
Hmm.
Hey, ts�-ts�.
With the.
Nanisca favors the strong.
What is the first rule of training?
She always obeys izogie.
Come with me.
To drink.
What is this?
The only thing white people bring that is worth having.
They call it whiskey.
There. We finally found a way to calm tse down.
You know your tongue will get you
kicked back to his village.
Why do you challenge miganon?
If I stay quiet, she won't see me.
Do you think she has time to think about you?
She is thinking about the world.
You know she could one day be kpojito.
- The king woman? - Hum-hum.
But we haven't had one in so many years.
Your brother did not honor,
but King Ghezo believes in tradition.
In the twin gods, mawu and Lisa.
Woman and man.
Equal.
Ghezo will name a woman king.
For the gods and the people.
But is that what Miganon wants?
I can't say.
But in the palace, she is a legend.
Captured as a young soldier.
Presumed dead.
But she came back,
with the kofes of the oyo bastards hanging from their belts.
You know I hate this drink.
The king drinks anything I give him.
The king is young.
He brings that foolish wife to the council.
Shante.
Ah, she's ambitious, hmm?
Tell me the dream, Nani.
Dispels your magic if you say the words.
I'm in the jungle.
Mm-hmm.
Something is out there in the dark.
A beast.
Angry.
I can smell your sweat, your fear.
How is the beast?
I don't know.
That's when I wake up.
The dream is a warning, isn't it?
We must ask Legba.
Oh no. Not the nuts.
Don't call them crazy.
They are sacred.
You have enemies gathering.
You must do better than this.
I see fire.
Something or someone from your past.
That doesn't make sense.
And your medicine too.
- I'm not even tired. - Go to the altar.
Leave gifts for the dead.
Do it.
If you don't respect ifá, respect your own dream.
I'm general about Ade.
The esteem of the king of oyo.
Gifts for the oyo kingdom, as is tradition.
Nanisca
That's less than ever.
Did you think we wouldn't see it?
You thought we wouldn't see your hand
in the attack on our village?
To compensate for your deficiencies,
I will accept an addition to the tribute.
40 agojie.
Not very old.
- What if I refuse? - So you can't anymore
use the port in ouidah for your trade.
The port belongs to Dahomey.
We take control.
She belongs to us now.
I'm so surprised you brought your horses here to the plateau.
If they are bitten by flies,
they may have sleeping sickness.
Sometimes a mouse can knock down an elephant.
Do you threaten oyo, usurper?
You will respect the king.
Mm-mm-mm-mm-mm. Migan.
This new general seeks to attract us.
Let's not jump into your nonsense.
He let us talk.
20 agojie of our choice.
We will march them to Ouidah and hand them over.
And the port remains open for our trade.
I will leave well
to enjoy the party you prepared.
In ouidah, I'll be waiting.
Both.
Nanisca
What happened?
His balls were finally right.
Agojie.
Agojie is here.
Hey, a deal's a deal!
We bring tribute from king ghezo.
Dahomey doesn't have enough soldiers.
They have to use their women.
It is against the gods.
My men will find much use for them.
You are mistaken.
These soldiers are not your tribute.
This is your tribute.
Let it be known to everyone
The great and powerful King Ghezo fears no one.
- Hey! - Hey!
Li-raise the gate!
Miganon!
Go!
Go! Go!
Push.
Why didn't you follow the plan?
You should go to the boats.
The soldiers were arriving.
If I didn't come back like I did...
So you are the hero?
Can you act on your own, ignoring orders?
- You wouldn't have escaped. - Navi.
It is you who faced capture for disobeying my orders.
We are agojie.
We do not act alone.
We move together with purpose.
Alone, you are weak.
Alone, you are dead or worse.
Now you've seen the barracks.
A captured agojie is a slave.
Used by men.
Left to rot.
It's better to die.
Cut your own throat.
I will never question you in front of others,
but it's you who didn't follow the plan.
I only had one plan, sweetie.
To take the head off.
Nanisca, I...
Nanisca
In between.
I heard you had a victory.
Nanisca, I think we started on the wrong foot.
I wish to be your friend.
I can help you. I have the king's ear.
We must work together to serve our king.
To ensure he only grows more powerful.
It's you who wants to be powerful.
To stay safe and rich in your beautiful palace.
Too much change can be dangerous.
I already told my husband this.
Then we will soon understand who really has your ear.
This field alone produces
thousands of barrels of palm oil.
If we harvest many fields each year,
we will have a continuous supply for commerce.
Hmm.
I've never seen a path before, runt.
But look at this.
Now I do.
Vision is seeing what others don't see.
But now we declare war.
Let's conquer oyo,
and we will expand our land.
Nanisca, we will be the largest empire in Africa.
Yes, my king, but let's not be an empire
who sells his people.
Let us be an empire that loves its people.
My brother sold ours.
I will never do that.
Even if they are not dahomey, they are still our people.
The white man brought immorality here.
They won't stop until all of Africa
It is theirs to enslave.
Go.
The English navy now patrols the waters,
attacks and removes our cargo.
Your tribal war is none of my business.
And yours with dahomey is not ours.
It will be over soon.
The Mahi, the Igbo, they are with us.
At full moon we will march on your city,
and we will take it.
Ouidah is open for business.
You will have your charge.
Return to Ouidah, slaver.
Naked like the people you sell.
I am not a slave.
Do you understand me?
My mother was Dahomey.
You don't look like dahomey.
My father is white.
So you're dahomey, but no.
It's white...
But no.
Do you think I could have my pants on now?
I saw you in Ouidah.
Why are you here in the jungle?
I'm going to Dahomey.
The place that my mother told me so much about.
Maybe I'll see him there too.
If you are allowed to enter the palace.
I am Malik.
Malik!
I don't like this young captain.
Swollen like a banty cock.
Finally, we agreed.
So you're a captain now, huh?
- Yes. - Very good.
Well done.
You have my thanks.
My mother was also taken.
Sold by my brother.
I have many men in your country looking for her,
and they will bring her back.
It's an obligation.
And, uh, if they find your mother,
They'll bring her back, too.
I just buried her.
It was his last wish that I come to his house.
The only place where she was free.
This is her house.
It's yours, huh?
And you came on the right day.
Our magnificent agojie,
They are taking their final test.
So please sit down, huh?
Go. Come on, sit down. Go.
Prepare seats for them.
Very good.
Let's begin.
Go.
Don't be afraid.
Face it head on.
Tirelessly, we will fight.
Smoke.
- No no no no no no no. - Eat!
How. How. How.
Come.
How. How.
Come.
Yes!
How. How, how, how, how, how.
Come, my dear. Come, come, come.
What is your name?
I am nawi, my king.
Nawi.
You are beautiful as you are fierce.
If she wasn't so skilled, I would have
made her a wife, now.
To Victor!
The gods will bless you. The gods will keep you safe.
Well done everyone!
You are the strongest warriors in Africa.
Welcome to the king's guard.
Agojie!
- Wu suu! - Agojie!
Wu suu!
Hey, be quiet.
Thanks.
Why did you come back to help fumbe?
You could have lost.
Fumbe is my friend.
I want her to stay.
To stay, she must pass the test.
To be useful, she must be alone.
Won't you help your friend, miganon?
What did he do?
I would step on her head to win a race.
Ah, her first scars.
The mark of a warrior.
Do you see?
Hmm?
You will have many more.
Hmm?
Make sure...
All the thorns come out.
Here here.
- Hum-hum. - Here.
Mm-hmm.
Here.
What is this?
Uh, my dad used to call it the Devil's Mark.
I was there when he picked me from the orphanage.
Are you an orphan?
But his father...
He welcomed me.
I don't think I became the daughter he wanted.
Beautiful?
- What did you do with it? - With what?
You told me never to tell you.
- I am asking. - You said you would ask,
- and you made me swear. - Amen!
I am not your servant, runt.
I gave it to the missionaries.
- What missionaries? - The ones we passed on the road
when we were marching. - Where did they take her?
- I have no way of knowing that. - In which direction did they go?
I followed your request...
To free you from the burden...
And I chose to give it away.
- And that's all you know? - Yes!
I don't lie to you.
Why do you ask these questions after all this time?
Why is nawi an orphan?
You wouldn't think that sh-she...
Of course not.
At the.
The gods are not that cruel.
Speak my language when you are in my palace.
Your wife shante,
She said you seek an end to commerce.
She doesn't speak for me.
And she will be punished for thinking so.
She says this is her general's wish
and maybe not yours.
My generals obey my wishes.
So you want to sell... Palm oil.
I wish my people to prosper,
as do those from home.
Ghezo, the people in my lands prosper
because of the slave trade.
And this very trade made him rich.
As rich as the king of England.
If you stop the trade, you will be nothing.
King, perhaps, but...
Mud king.
All these captains will take their business elsewhere.
The business of selling Africans?
You will be unprotected.
Unprotected?
Ooh.
You know, I'm not under any illusions
that you see us as anything but a commodity.
But I am a king.
With or without your respect.
And if you are no longer a need for me,
you are also unprotected.
Yes!
Malik.
Nawi.
- I can enter? - No.
No man can cross the palm line.
In Brazil, can foreign men look at the king's wives?
In Brazil, women cover their bodies
with long sleeves, long skirts.
So how do they run?
Yes? Make sure...
We camped outside the walls tonight.
Come see me.
Tonight, we swear our blood oath.
After.
If you want a girl to come to your tent,
There are girls you can pay for in the market.
No, no, I just want to talk to you.
Malik!
Will you come and see me?
Agojie!
Blood of our sisters.
? Make us invincible?
? Do you live for me?
? and me for you?
? blood of our sisters?
? makes us invincible?
? Do you live for me and I for you?
? agojie?
You are now my sister.
I will be proud to fight with you.
I want you to teach me.
How miganon teaches you.
I also want to be big.
To be great, you must concentrate.
There can be no distractions.
I go.
At the test, I saw the Brazilian wave to you.
Do you know this man?
I... I found him in the jungle.
"In the jungle."
So, what, do you have feelings for him?
I have no way of knowing how I feel about him.
You want me to teach you.
You are powerful.
More than you know.
Don't give away your power.
Hmm?
Do you mean love?
Love makes you weak.
Do you really believe this?
Have you never loved?
I will be a miganon one day.
You can't have both.
Will this be enough?
This is the life we ​​choose.
Each of us survives in our own way.
You will find yours.
My mother was a slave.
That's all I ever knew about the African people.
I never dreamed we were...
Kings and warriors.
But now...
I see the majesty.
I see the beauty.
I think you're a good man.
You must not ally yourself with slave traders.
We grew up together.
But does he see our beauty as you do?
Nawi, the oyo are coming.
We are ready.
No, not just oyo.
Other tribes too.
I heard the general conspiracy.
We must tell Miganon.
I must return.
Navi, wait.
Tomorrow, we will leave.
This is ogu.
He is courage and strength.
Maybe he'll bring him back to us.
I have nothing to give you.
I'll take you back.
Miganon.
I heard something.
One of the men who came to the palace,
Malik, he says general oyo
is increasing his army with other tribes.
They will march on Dahomey.
The Oyo gave them courage.
Where were you talking to this man, Malik?
He spoke to me through the palm line.
On the night you swear loyalty to your sisters,
Do you speak in secret with a slave trader?
He is not a slave.
His mother was Dahomey.
Do you defend him?
Is this knife a gift?
Where have you been?
- I've been nowhere. - Come here.
Here.
You are an agojie.
You can't be with a man.
Do you think it's so special that I won't put it out?
Because I'll go.
I don't think I'm special.
Don't lower your head.
Don't do it.
I know your arrogance.
You keep doing whatever you want.
You disregard the rules.
What do you want from me?
I proved myself today.
I am the best.
It's not enough to be the best.
Your arrogance and your stupidity will get you.
I'm not you.
Izogie told me that you were captured.
That will never be me!
I was raped many times every night.
When they came, I just wanted to die.
They took everything.
Everything I knew.
And when I finally escaped, I was pregnant.
A son of those men.
I would have to leave my sisters forever,
so I had to hide.
I took a shower alone.
And my belly grew.
It was a girl.
I told the amenza, "Take him away."
But the blood kept coming, and Amenza fled
to find medicine, and she left me with her.
So I did something.
I made a cut
on the back of the left arm,
and I pressed a tooth into it.
A shark tooth.
It's not me.
They are a day's journey from our plateau.
They will set up camp there.
They expect us to defend ourselves
from behind our walls.
We are very disadvantaged.
Their size makes them arrogant and slow,
as your weapons.
But you don't need a gun to use gunpowder.
You just need a spark.
Sometimes a termite can knock down an elephant.
We will take the war to them.
Agojie!
For 90 years,
dahomey lived under the rule of oyo!
When it rains,
our ancestors cry for the pain we feel
in the dark hulls of ships bound for distant shores!
When the wind blows,
our ancestors push us to march into battle
against those who enslave us!
When it thunders,
our ancestors demand that we tear the shackles of debt
of our minds and fight with courage!
We fight not just for today, but for the future!
We are the spear of victory!
We are the blade of freedom!
We are dahomey!
Agojie!
- Wu suu! - Agojie!
Wu suu!
- Agojie! - Wu suu!
Agojie!
- Wu suu! - Agojie!
Wu suu!
We are under attack! Attack!
Take your weapons!
We are hi!
This one!
Where is yay?
Where is yay?!
Fall back!
Fall back! Hey, back off!
Get the agojie.
Hey, move!
Oba wants the agojie.
Stir, stir, stir!
They are retreating!
Stir, stir, stir!
You fought well, my younger sister.
Now you must rest.
Ghezo! Wu suu!
She's not here.
Nobody saw her.
Smoke.
I failed.
At the.
You stayed alive.
You are not tied to anyone.
Mm-mm.
Go over.
Do you want to live?
Now.
We need to buy a ticket.
Aren't we going home?
We lost.
At home, we are dead men.
Put this one on display.
Bids will be higher for soldiers.
Play.
I said movement.
Come back!
Make room for one more.
Isogy.
Come. To sit.
To sit.
Eat.
We will need our strength to escape.
My arm is broken.
I know what I should do.
What Miganon said.
Let's cut our throats.
We won't.
"Don't be afraid.
"Face it head on.
Tirelessly, we will fight."
Hey.
You are izogy.
You said it.
"Relentlessly, we will fight."
Let's go!
Push it back together.
You're strong for a little fly.
What now?
They were taking us to the barracks.
How many others?
Uh, three, I think.
- Izogie? - Uh...
I didn't see her.
Nawi said to throw me out of the cart.
Nawi?
Miganon, ajahi.
The king asks you.
I brought it here because I chose kpojito.
Kpojito is loved by the people.
She must be worthy of your admiration and your trust.
We must share the same vision for our future.
A bold future.
That's why I chose nanisca.
She is an ordinary soldier.
- You will sit down. - Ruined by the enemy.
- Sit down and be quiet! - Shant.
Kelu, who, go talk to her. Go! Go! Go.
We will celebrate.
We will bring the city to the palace,
and we will have a big party.
Go and get ready.
Well done.
My king, it is a great honor.
But maybe it's too soon,
when we lost so many soldiers
and the people are in mourning.
Grief?
Nobody is mourning.
We won.
We throw off the yoke.
My king, I wish to seek our lost agojie.
Some were captured.
They will be sold, used by men.
Nanisca, the moment you are looking for is here.
The few were sacrificed for the many.
- Now we must move on. - I can go alone. Let me try.
- Oyo... - You disobey me, runt.
Are you mistaking my admiration for weakness?
I am your king.
Let me tell you, you will not look for these captives.
You must stay by my side
and take the honor I grant you.
Don't force my anger.
In the morning, they will come.
- Backup! Move it! Move it! - Return! Back!
- Come back! - Back! Move it!
Move!
Stay back!
Move!
They will get the agojie first.
Standing.
We must have Patience.
When we are taken to the block,
we will be uncoupled.
We will have our legs.
We must not let them see that my arm is broken.
When we are sold, that will be the moment.
You will make a distraction.
I'll give you 90 for this one.
120.
Yay, you said it would be good for me here.
Mm-mm. Go to the highest bidder.
Each of us will disarm a guard and run.
Don't stop until you reach the water.
150 reais.
Nawi!
At the.
Isogy.
Let's go. Let's go. Let's go.
Stand up.
At the!
Izogie, get up.
No, no, no, no.
I'm very sorry.
N-Nawi.
You move like a sloth.
I'm very sorry.
I'm very sorry. C'mon C'mon.
Let's go.
Isogy?
Isogy. Isogy.
You stay away from her!
Get out!
If you want this, 100 reais.
- What are you doing? - To move away.
You know what the king will do to you if you defy him.
Do you want to be expelled or worse?
- No, no, no, no. Nanisca. - Amenza. Amenza.
- I can't sit still. - I know what that is.
In the dream.
The beast I'm so afraid of.
It is me.
It's that girl who was silenced
in those shackles by those men.
I hid it.
I denied her pain.
But I will listen to it now.
Hmm?
I have to try to save her.
At the.
Please.
It's not safe for us. I brought you clothes.
I'll sneak you out at dusk.
Do you own me now?
- Of course not. - To go out!
- I'm trying to protect you. - By locking me up?
Do you know what they would do to you?
A white man was killed.
You have the key now.
You can choose when the lock is turned.
My mother guided me here to find myself.
And I found you.
I booked a ticket on a freighter bound for England.
I want to keep you safe.
My heart has many scars.
Husband, please accept my deepest apologies
- for questioning your will. - Millimeters.
What do you want?
Move, my friend.
The wives are whispering.
I told Tannu what they say, and...
I didn't tell you not to argue
my business with wives? Didn't I tell you?
My king, please forgive me.
Nanisca went to ouidah
with migan and some of his soldiers.
- Hey? - We should postpone the party.
No, no. People's gossip.
You can't add it now, not without looking weak.
Where are the others?
Izogie was killed, man.
Nawi is gone.
There will be no prisoners.
Burn all their commerce.
Sound the alarm!
Nawi. Nawi.
I need to go in.
We must go.
My sisters came.
I have to help them.
Then I will help you.
No. Malik.
You must go.
Your clothes are bloody.
You can use these.
I will take care of him.
I'll be at the beach.
I want yay.
Hurry up, this way, this way! Let's go!
Move the fuck!
No! No! No!
Malik!
Malik! Malik, on!
Malik, no! No! No!
Let me go! Let me go!
No! No! No!
Malik! Malik, no!
No!
Hey!
You don't remember me.
Now you will never forget it.
No, no, no, no!
Agojie!
Wu suu!
- Agojie! - Wu suu!
Agojie!
Wu suu!
- Agojie! - Wu suu!
Agojie!
Wu suu!
Agojie!
Wu suu!
Come. We can't stay here.
Get on the boat!
Shante, very good.
You deserve this.
Nanisca! Nanisca!
Nanisca! Nanisca! Nanisca!
Nanisca! Nanisca!
Nanisca! Nanisca! Nanisca!
Nanisca! Nanisca!
Nanisca! Nanisca! Nanisca!
Nanisca! Nanisca!
You disobey your king, runt.
I will resign my command.
People of daom...
We ended the reign of the Oyo empire.
Look at the faces of the warriors.
Look at them.
Many never thought this was possible.
But we believed.
This is what makes a great leader.
Seeing what others don't see.
Europeans and Americans saw
if you want to keep a people in chains,
You first need to convince them
that they are meant to be bound.
We join them to become our own oppressors.
But not anymore.
Not anymore.
We are a warrior people!
And there is power in our mind...
In our unity, in our culture.
If we understand this power, we will be limitless.
My people,
This is a vision I will take.
It is a shared vision.
Dahomey heroes,
behold the bravest of the brave,
appointed by king ghezo,
elevated to the sacred title of kpojito,
nanisca, the woman king.
An offering for izogie.
She doesn't want that water.
She wants this.
In my blood is the blood of a murderer.
A man who gave her so much pain.
I am really sorry.
You are agojie.
I am really sorry.
I left you.
I wasn't brave enough.
But you survived because you are meant to be here.
It's not your fault what happened to me.
You...
They're not the thing that hurt me.
You are nawi.
You are my daughter.
I am really sorry.
Mom, will you dance?
Blood sisters.
You fall and now you get up.
Dance with us.
Be with us.
You live for me...
And me for you.
Isogy.
Tribute.
From.
Yoshi.
Alekko.
Bad luck.
Breonna.
? Do I have to understand?
? What happens from here is in our hands?
? of mighty kingdoms from a distant land?
? Turn the world upside down yes, can we?
? we just have to ?
? get up, get up?
? no, no, yes ?
? no?
? no, no, yes ?
? no?
? no, no, yes ?
? no?
? no, no, yes ?
? no?
? Have I been marching so long?
? How far is it to get where we're going? ?
? Don't you know that together we are strong? ?
? Will we fight the madness until it disappears?
? we just have to ?
? get up, get up?
? no, no, yes ?
? no?
? no, no, yes ?
? no?
? oh... ?
? Get up, get up?
? get up, get up?
? no, no, yes ?
? no?
? no, no, yes ?
? no?
? no, no, yes ?
? no?
? no, no, yes ?
? no?