"The Woman King" chronicles the "remarkable story of the Agoji, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s with skills and a fierceness unlike anything the world has ever seen," per its synopsis. It focuses on a war between the Agoji and colonists brought on by threats of slavery and intertribal warfare, all in an effort to unify Dahomey — once considered one of the most powerful states in Africa during the 18th and 19th centuries.