1 00:03:20,449 --> 00:03:21,550 Agojie! Agoj... 2 00:03:23,385 --> 00:03:24,989 Agojie! 3 00:04:09,466 --> 00:04:10,935 No! 4 00:04:30,452 --> 00:04:31,656 Where are the prisoners? 5 00:04:31,788 --> 00:04:33,423 Where are our people? 6 00:04:33,555 --> 00:04:36,192 We are farmers. We took no one! 7 00:04:36,326 --> 00:04:37,995 Miganon. 8 00:05:07,624 --> 00:05:10,560 You will be home soon. 9 00:05:28,511 --> 00:05:30,547 Horses. 10 00:05:32,615 --> 00:05:35,485 That can only mean Oyo soldiers. 11 00:05:47,629 --> 00:05:49,266 Who is she? 12 00:05:50,668 --> 00:05:52,470 My mother. 13 00:05:52,601 --> 00:05:54,372 We will take you back to your village. 14 00:05:54,504 --> 00:05:57,574 - Perhaps your father... - They sold him. 15 00:05:58,608 --> 00:06:00,576 And my brothers. 16 00:06:00,711 --> 00:06:02,612 They sold them all. 17 00:06:18,528 --> 00:06:19,764 Miganon. 18 00:06:19,896 --> 00:06:22,766 The prisoners are ready to march. 19 00:06:29,807 --> 00:06:34,177 Bring me stronger warriors. 20 00:07:03,673 --> 00:07:05,910 Thank you. 21 00:07:09,480 --> 00:07:11,613 It doesn't matt... Nawi! 22 00:07:11,749 --> 00:07:13,583 - Yeah? - Tell your mother 23 00:07:13,716 --> 00:07:15,418 to see me for the dress. 24 00:07:15,552 --> 00:07:17,420 What dress? 25 00:07:17,555 --> 00:07:19,588 Your wedding dress. 26 00:07:19,723 --> 00:07:22,125 I will make you beautiful. 27 00:07:22,259 --> 00:07:23,494 Tell her. 28 00:07:23,625 --> 00:07:26,062 They have made you another match? 29 00:07:26,197 --> 00:07:29,567 I don't know what she's talking about. 30 00:07:31,401 --> 00:07:32,470 They are coming. 31 00:07:32,601 --> 00:07:34,704 Let's go. 32 00:07:42,012 --> 00:07:43,646 Come here! 33 00:07:43,781 --> 00:07:46,817 - Daughter! Come! - My daughter! 34 00:07:46,951 --> 00:07:49,586 My sister! 35 00:07:49,720 --> 00:07:51,221 My sister! 36 00:07:51,355 --> 00:07:52,656 Mother! 37 00:07:52,790 --> 00:07:55,024 I'm so happy to see you. 38 00:08:27,690 --> 00:08:29,927 - But I want to see. - Shh! 39 00:08:30,060 --> 00:08:33,931 The king does not allow us to look upon the Agojie. 40 00:09:10,734 --> 00:09:12,671 Nanisca. 41 00:09:12,802 --> 00:09:14,772 It is a victory. 42 00:09:14,904 --> 00:09:17,106 They are here for you. 43 00:09:17,240 --> 00:09:20,009 They do not know an evil is coming. 44 00:09:21,378 --> 00:09:24,380 They know you will protect them. 45 00:09:29,052 --> 00:09:30,921 I wish to speak to the king. 46 00:09:31,054 --> 00:09:32,755 He's only seeing wives today. 47 00:09:32,889 --> 00:09:34,959 Tell him. I will wait. 48 00:09:35,091 --> 00:09:37,027 The Agojie drink from the skulls 49 00:09:37,161 --> 00:09:39,629 of the men they have killed. - No. 50 00:09:39,763 --> 00:09:41,197 They cut off their heads 51 00:09:41,331 --> 00:09:44,702 and melt off their skin in boiling hot cauldrons. 52 00:09:44,868 --> 00:09:47,904 - Sister! Sister! - Nawi. 53 00:09:48,038 --> 00:09:49,840 - Hmm? - We have a visitor. 54 00:09:49,974 --> 00:09:52,375 It's a rich man from Cana. 55 00:09:52,509 --> 00:09:53,610 Come. 56 00:09:53,744 --> 00:09:55,946 Come. 57 00:09:56,080 --> 00:09:59,048 Maybe he is handsome. 58 00:10:09,960 --> 00:10:13,797 I own three fields of palm trees. 59 00:10:13,931 --> 00:10:16,267 You will work. 60 00:10:18,836 --> 00:10:22,172 You do not talk to your husband? 61 00:10:25,375 --> 00:10:28,412 In my house, you will learn to obey. 62 00:10:30,947 --> 00:10:32,883 Nawi! 63 00:10:33,884 --> 00:10:36,086 Forgive my daughter. 64 00:10:37,755 --> 00:10:39,691 The whispers were right. 65 00:10:39,822 --> 00:10:41,792 This... 66 00:10:41,924 --> 00:10:44,161 girl is worthless. 67 00:10:44,827 --> 00:10:47,865 Master Abade. 68 00:10:54,437 --> 00:10:55,972 Come! 69 00:11:00,977 --> 00:11:04,815 I wish to give my daughter to the king. 70 00:11:15,292 --> 00:11:17,094 No husband will have her. 71 00:11:17,226 --> 00:11:19,996 I will not marry an old man who beats me. 72 00:11:20,129 --> 00:11:21,999 Go to war, then. 73 00:11:22,131 --> 00:11:25,869 You will understand what pain is. 74 00:11:28,971 --> 00:11:31,107 Enter. 75 00:11:41,018 --> 00:11:43,822 In the palace, you do not have to look away. 76 00:11:45,956 --> 00:11:47,457 Come. 77 00:11:59,102 --> 00:12:00,705 Close your mouth. 78 00:12:00,839 --> 00:12:02,505 You look like a fish. 79 00:12:16,019 --> 00:12:17,520 What's in there? 80 00:12:17,654 --> 00:12:19,857 Indigo dye. 81 00:12:19,990 --> 00:12:21,860 Oh. 82 00:12:21,991 --> 00:12:24,796 What did you think it was? 83 00:12:24,927 --> 00:12:26,764 Heads. 84 00:12:26,897 --> 00:12:28,932 No. 85 00:12:29,066 --> 00:12:31,067 Those are the heads. 86 00:12:31,201 --> 00:12:34,773 Some of the men who raided our village. 87 00:12:34,904 --> 00:12:37,908 The rest will be sold in Ouidah. 88 00:12:39,342 --> 00:12:41,110 No men but the eunuchs are allowed 89 00:12:41,245 --> 00:12:43,013 in the palace after dark. 90 00:12:43,147 --> 00:12:46,417 Beyond this wall, this is a palace of women. 91 00:12:56,960 --> 00:12:58,663 Come. 92 00:13:28,958 --> 00:13:31,360 Hey. 93 00:13:33,129 --> 00:13:35,399 Go and bathe yourselves. 94 00:14:18,241 --> 00:14:21,077 Oyo, can you see this? 95 00:14:21,211 --> 00:14:25,984 Your comrades murdered... 96 00:14:26,115 --> 00:14:27,551 by women. 97 00:14:30,019 --> 00:14:37,193 The Dahomey grow too bold under their new king. 98 00:14:39,096 --> 00:14:40,630 My loves. 99 00:14:41,865 --> 00:14:43,200 My loves. 100 00:14:44,033 --> 00:14:46,004 My love. 101 00:14:46,937 --> 00:14:49,239 My love. 102 00:14:51,140 --> 00:14:53,476 Nanisca, come with me. 103 00:15:04,554 --> 00:15:07,157 Why does he always favor her? 104 00:15:07,291 --> 00:15:11,294 She comes here filthy, shows no respect. 105 00:15:11,427 --> 00:15:13,932 She fought for him during the coup. 106 00:15:14,063 --> 00:15:15,700 Put him on the throne. 107 00:15:15,832 --> 00:15:18,100 What did you do? 108 00:15:18,235 --> 00:15:21,104 Locked yourself in a cupboard. 109 00:15:26,342 --> 00:15:29,312 The Oyo have entered our land. 110 00:15:30,212 --> 00:15:33,149 They have broken the peace. 111 00:15:33,283 --> 00:15:35,953 When they come for the tribute, 112 00:15:36,086 --> 00:15:37,754 we will not pay it. 113 00:15:39,890 --> 00:15:41,770 - But that would mean war. - Migan, we have been 114 00:15:41,859 --> 00:15:44,126 under the foot of the Oyo since my father's time. 115 00:15:44,260 --> 00:15:46,629 Are you not tired? Eh? 116 00:15:46,764 --> 00:15:50,167 Oh, because we... we fear their might. 117 00:15:51,234 --> 00:15:52,736 Because of fear. 118 00:15:52,870 --> 00:15:57,040 My king, they are a nation twice our size, 119 00:15:57,173 --> 00:15:58,642 with horses and more muskets. 120 00:15:58,775 --> 00:16:01,946 We need time to plan and prepare our armies. 121 00:16:02,080 --> 00:16:03,480 The Agojie are ready. 122 00:16:03,614 --> 00:16:06,149 How many did you lose in this last battle 123 00:16:06,283 --> 00:16:09,186 against the lowly Mahi? 124 00:16:09,318 --> 00:16:13,322 My king, I hear whispers of a new general. 125 00:16:13,456 --> 00:16:16,727 This last attack was sword rattling. 126 00:16:16,860 --> 00:16:18,096 Nothing more. 127 00:16:18,227 --> 00:16:19,428 I agree. 128 00:16:19,562 --> 00:16:21,065 Dahomey has prospered in the peace. 129 00:16:21,197 --> 00:16:22,532 And the Oyo, too. 130 00:16:22,667 --> 00:16:26,070 The slave trade is the reason we prosper. 131 00:16:26,235 --> 00:16:27,403 But at what price? 132 00:16:27,537 --> 00:16:30,173 It is a poison slowly killing us, 133 00:16:30,307 --> 00:16:31,708 and the Europeans know this. 134 00:16:31,842 --> 00:16:34,477 They come to our land for their human cargo. 135 00:16:34,610 --> 00:16:36,145 They've come to trade. 136 00:16:36,278 --> 00:16:37,648 We sell them what they want. 137 00:16:37,782 --> 00:16:40,051 But why do we sell our captives? 138 00:16:40,182 --> 00:16:41,852 For weapons? 139 00:16:41,985 --> 00:16:44,421 To capture more people to sell for more weapons? 140 00:16:44,553 --> 00:16:48,025 It is a dark circle with no end. 141 00:16:48,158 --> 00:16:50,028 This is not the way. 142 00:16:50,159 --> 00:16:51,962 The spirits have spoken. 143 00:16:52,096 --> 00:16:53,865 Ifá seeks light. 144 00:16:55,331 --> 00:16:57,299 So, what do you suggest, Nanisca? 145 00:16:57,433 --> 00:17:00,138 We have other things to sell. 146 00:17:00,269 --> 00:17:01,370 Gold. Palm oil. 147 00:17:01,504 --> 00:17:02,974 We can double our harvest. 148 00:17:03,106 --> 00:17:05,174 She wants to make us a nation of peasants. 149 00:17:05,307 --> 00:17:07,811 I want Dahomey to survive. 150 00:17:10,579 --> 00:17:12,950 The gods have brought us a new king. 151 00:17:13,084 --> 00:17:15,153 A king to be feared. 152 00:17:15,285 --> 00:17:16,619 No one fears a farmer. 153 00:17:16,753 --> 00:17:21,191 We have already started to gather the tribute. 154 00:17:21,324 --> 00:17:24,493 Perhaps we pay, to buy us time. 155 00:17:28,298 --> 00:17:30,366 I promise... 156 00:17:30,500 --> 00:17:33,671 this will be our last. 157 00:17:33,805 --> 00:17:38,442 As for the palm oil, Nanisca, show me. 158 00:17:38,575 --> 00:17:42,445 Show me how much you can produce, and we will see. 159 00:17:53,522 --> 00:17:56,094 You speak in secret to the king. 160 00:17:56,226 --> 00:17:57,961 You seek to cut me out. 161 00:17:58,096 --> 00:18:00,230 If the king respects me, 162 00:18:00,363 --> 00:18:02,866 it is because I have earned it. 163 00:18:07,269 --> 00:18:09,239 Gboje. 164 00:18:11,374 --> 00:18:12,710 I am Amenza. 165 00:18:12,844 --> 00:18:16,012 You come to the palace of Ghezo, 166 00:18:16,146 --> 00:18:18,515 the ninth monarch of the Dahomey people, 167 00:18:18,647 --> 00:18:22,185 descendants of the leopard Agasu, 168 00:18:22,318 --> 00:18:27,692 beloved of the twin gods, Mawu and her brother Lisa. 169 00:18:27,825 --> 00:18:31,729 You are called to join the King's Guard. 170 00:18:38,335 --> 00:18:40,238 We fight... 171 00:18:40,369 --> 00:18:42,404 or we die. 172 00:18:45,375 --> 00:18:49,012 We fight for Dahomey, 173 00:18:49,146 --> 00:18:51,148 for our sisters, 174 00:18:51,280 --> 00:18:53,316 for our great king. 175 00:18:53,450 --> 00:18:56,318 You will be revered. 176 00:18:57,420 --> 00:19:00,258 You will be paid for your work. 177 00:19:00,390 --> 00:19:01,992 Your opinions will be heard. 178 00:19:02,125 --> 00:19:06,496 No tribe or kingdom in all of Africa 179 00:19:06,630 --> 00:19:09,332 shares this privilege. 180 00:19:09,465 --> 00:19:10,801 For this honor, 181 00:19:10,934 --> 00:19:15,038 we live out our lives in these palace walls. 182 00:19:17,307 --> 00:19:20,178 We take no husband. 183 00:19:20,309 --> 00:19:22,913 We will bear no children. 184 00:19:23,047 --> 00:19:24,882 Mahi women, 185 00:19:25,016 --> 00:19:27,852 no harm will come to you for the sins of your men. 186 00:19:27,984 --> 00:19:31,788 I offer you and our people a choice. 187 00:19:33,156 --> 00:19:36,993 Any woman who does not wish to stay... 188 00:19:38,394 --> 00:19:40,096 ...may leave. 189 00:20:05,521 --> 00:20:06,990 I can't continue with this one. 190 00:20:07,124 --> 00:20:09,259 You're talking vodun. You don't want to listen. 191 00:20:09,392 --> 00:20:10,728 No, you want to laugh. 192 00:20:13,029 --> 00:20:16,200 Do not touch another warrior's weapon. 193 00:20:16,334 --> 00:20:19,469 Mm. Especially that one. 194 00:20:19,603 --> 00:20:21,438 It is cursed. 195 00:20:21,570 --> 00:20:24,641 Esi couldn't hit an elephant in a stampede. 196 00:20:24,775 --> 00:20:26,277 Turn your back and see 197 00:20:26,409 --> 00:20:29,012 how true my aim is. - Ah, me? 198 00:20:30,380 --> 00:20:31,448 Mm. 199 00:20:38,722 --> 00:20:40,691 Spent all my liberties walking the river 200 00:20:40,825 --> 00:20:43,361 till I found the perfect whetstone. 201 00:20:43,492 --> 00:20:46,395 Shaped smooth by the waterfall. 202 00:20:46,528 --> 00:20:48,798 Sharpens to a thorn. 203 00:20:50,634 --> 00:20:53,470 Pop out their eyeballs, fight is over. 204 00:20:55,239 --> 00:20:59,409 They are also useful in keeping the trainees in line. 205 00:20:59,541 --> 00:21:00,744 Why have you not bathed? 206 00:21:00,877 --> 00:21:02,444 You are going to bring the buzzards. 207 00:21:02,578 --> 00:21:05,048 - I let the others go before me. - Ah. 208 00:21:05,182 --> 00:21:08,352 The first rule of training: 209 00:21:08,484 --> 00:21:11,587 always obey Izogie. 210 00:21:14,457 --> 00:21:17,559 I am Izogie. 211 00:21:42,353 --> 00:21:44,422 I'm sorry. 212 00:21:44,554 --> 00:21:47,724 You may stay. 213 00:21:47,857 --> 00:21:50,559 You are one of the captives we freed? 214 00:21:50,694 --> 00:21:52,663 No. My father brought me. 215 00:21:52,797 --> 00:21:54,497 As a gift to the king. 216 00:21:54,631 --> 00:21:57,233 Is your father rich? 217 00:21:57,367 --> 00:21:58,836 He must be. 218 00:21:58,970 --> 00:22:01,471 Otherwise, he would have sold you to a rich husband. 219 00:22:01,604 --> 00:22:03,539 He tried. 220 00:22:03,673 --> 00:22:06,376 I do not want a husband. 221 00:22:06,509 --> 00:22:07,845 I want to be a soldier. 222 00:22:07,979 --> 00:22:10,448 - An Agojie. - How old are you? 223 00:22:10,579 --> 00:22:12,182 I have 19 years. 224 00:22:12,316 --> 00:22:13,549 You look like a child. 225 00:22:13,683 --> 00:22:15,419 I work hard. 226 00:22:15,551 --> 00:22:17,121 Harder than anyone. 227 00:22:17,253 --> 00:22:20,522 Many obstinate daughters are dumped at the palace. 228 00:22:20,657 --> 00:22:23,094 They usually fail. 229 00:22:24,394 --> 00:22:26,130 All our lives, they... 230 00:22:26,262 --> 00:22:29,165 they tell us stories about the Agojie. 231 00:22:29,299 --> 00:22:30,768 That you have magic. 232 00:22:30,901 --> 00:22:34,771 You look like a regular old woman to me. 233 00:22:37,708 --> 00:22:41,811 Fighting is not magic. 234 00:22:42,511 --> 00:22:44,315 It is skill. 235 00:22:44,448 --> 00:22:47,584 We will see if you have any. 236 00:23:00,596 --> 00:23:03,633 I am not a soldier. 237 00:23:03,768 --> 00:23:06,635 Then why did you stay? 238 00:23:06,770 --> 00:23:09,039 I have nowhere else to go. 239 00:23:11,474 --> 00:23:13,443 You are Mahi. 240 00:23:13,576 --> 00:23:14,845 Why did you stay? 241 00:23:14,979 --> 00:23:19,250 Here, I will be the hunter, not prey. 242 00:23:38,868 --> 00:23:42,006 Today, you are receiving your first weapon. 243 00:23:55,617 --> 00:23:57,586 Not good. 244 00:24:00,623 --> 00:24:02,093 Ah, good. 245 00:24:06,297 --> 00:24:07,330 Again. 246 00:24:08,631 --> 00:24:10,334 A rope is not a weapon. 247 00:24:11,969 --> 00:24:14,704 You wish for a different weapon? 248 00:24:15,806 --> 00:24:17,842 Stand up. 249 00:24:19,910 --> 00:24:23,079 Go. Attack the soldier. Take his head. 250 00:24:27,852 --> 00:24:30,688 - I apologize. - Do not apologize. Do it. 251 00:25:00,784 --> 00:25:03,686 I'd work on that rope. 252 00:25:09,527 --> 00:25:11,862 Hey. Tsetse. 253 00:25:12,863 --> 00:25:14,464 Who's Tsetse? 254 00:25:14,597 --> 00:25:15,932 You, little fly. 255 00:25:16,066 --> 00:25:19,036 Buzzing around full speed. 256 00:25:19,170 --> 00:25:21,538 But you don't know where you are going. 257 00:25:21,672 --> 00:25:23,673 We need smart warriors. 258 00:25:23,807 --> 00:25:24,674 The dumb ones die quickly. 259 00:25:24,807 --> 00:25:26,509 I'm not dumb. 260 00:25:26,644 --> 00:25:27,711 Then show me. 261 00:25:27,845 --> 00:25:29,646 You have to train different. 262 00:25:29,779 --> 00:25:32,082 The drills are a game. 263 00:25:32,215 --> 00:25:34,852 It is play, like when you were a child. 264 00:25:34,984 --> 00:25:37,655 I was not allowed to play. 265 00:25:37,788 --> 00:25:39,323 I was made to work. 266 00:25:39,455 --> 00:25:41,625 Such a sad tale. 267 00:25:41,759 --> 00:25:43,359 You don't know anything. 268 00:25:49,133 --> 00:25:54,070 You know, when I had 14 years, 269 00:25:54,204 --> 00:25:57,840 my mother put a sign out to sell my virginity. 270 00:25:58,808 --> 00:26:00,443 The first man came, 271 00:26:00,577 --> 00:26:03,913 and I cried for my mother, but she didn't come. 272 00:26:04,048 --> 00:26:07,685 The second man came and complained of my tears, 273 00:26:07,817 --> 00:26:09,286 so she beat me. 274 00:26:09,420 --> 00:26:14,057 The third man came, and I burned him with an ember. 275 00:26:17,228 --> 00:26:19,896 Your family was cruel, 276 00:26:20,029 --> 00:26:22,900 as was my mother. 277 00:26:23,032 --> 00:26:26,036 It is enough to make you cry. 278 00:26:26,971 --> 00:26:30,074 But it is better to laugh. Yes? 279 00:26:31,808 --> 00:26:34,444 You have a new family now. 280 00:26:40,084 --> 00:26:41,618 Trainees, we will prepare you 281 00:26:41,751 --> 00:26:43,220 for the final test. 282 00:26:43,354 --> 00:26:46,457 You will perform your battle skills before the king. 283 00:26:47,958 --> 00:26:50,461 Those who pass the test 284 00:26:50,594 --> 00:26:51,996 will become Agojie. 285 00:26:52,128 --> 00:26:55,666 And those who fail will leave the palace, 286 00:26:55,798 --> 00:26:56,900 never to return. 287 00:27:01,137 --> 00:27:04,240 Hey, look at you. The Oyo will catch you, 288 00:27:04,375 --> 00:27:06,910 hang you by your feet and cut your throat. 289 00:27:07,911 --> 00:27:10,013 Use your feet and walk! 290 00:27:29,133 --> 00:27:31,934 Get up. You are just waiting to die. 291 00:27:35,873 --> 00:27:37,941 Are we training to cook? 292 00:27:38,075 --> 00:27:41,712 You are cutting a body, not a yam. 293 00:27:41,845 --> 00:27:44,280 Swing with purpose. 294 00:27:51,954 --> 00:27:55,259 Ready. Fire! 295 00:28:00,230 --> 00:28:02,333 Good, Ode. 296 00:28:02,465 --> 00:28:05,035 - Get out! - Nawi, you move like a sloth. 297 00:28:11,008 --> 00:28:12,343 That's right. 298 00:28:14,077 --> 00:28:17,513 Dahomey! 299 00:28:19,718 --> 00:28:22,853 Izogie! 300 00:28:54,550 --> 00:28:58,888 Agojie! 301 00:29:08,132 --> 00:29:09,232 Fumbe. 302 00:29:09,365 --> 00:29:11,902 Show me how to tie the rope. 303 00:29:12,035 --> 00:29:14,203 Never. 304 00:29:14,337 --> 00:29:16,875 It is the only thing I can do better than you. 305 00:29:17,007 --> 00:29:19,877 Ode, this one. 306 00:29:23,012 --> 00:29:24,883 But did you see Izogie? 307 00:29:25,015 --> 00:29:27,017 With the dagger here. 308 00:29:27,151 --> 00:29:29,887 She's standing there, not moving, not in pain. 309 00:29:30,019 --> 00:29:31,954 - Wow. - I love it. 310 00:29:32,088 --> 00:29:33,923 I'm going to be like her. 311 00:29:34,057 --> 00:29:35,057 Yes, my friend. 312 00:29:35,159 --> 00:29:36,460 - As strong as her. - Mm-hmm. 313 00:29:36,593 --> 00:29:38,695 You try to stab me, I'll stab you back. 314 00:29:38,829 --> 00:29:40,963 Yeah. 315 00:29:41,097 --> 00:29:42,666 Backswing. 316 00:29:56,980 --> 00:30:00,684 Which of you designed this trick? 317 00:30:03,755 --> 00:30:05,122 Hmm? 318 00:30:05,255 --> 00:30:07,791 - Then you will all be punished. - I did it. 319 00:30:07,925 --> 00:30:10,227 - We all did it. - No. 320 00:30:11,094 --> 00:30:12,797 It was me. 321 00:30:12,931 --> 00:30:13,997 I apologize. 322 00:30:14,131 --> 00:30:16,633 Once again. 323 00:30:18,067 --> 00:30:20,103 Go back to the barracks. 324 00:30:25,142 --> 00:30:28,578 How do you make this explosion? 325 00:30:29,780 --> 00:30:32,982 You do not need guns to use gunpowder. 326 00:30:33,115 --> 00:30:35,117 We just need a spark. 327 00:30:36,052 --> 00:30:38,622 You like the guns? 328 00:30:38,756 --> 00:30:41,191 Do you enjoy practicing with the men in the infantry? 329 00:30:41,325 --> 00:30:44,327 I see you flirting. 330 00:30:44,461 --> 00:30:46,663 - This is not allowed? - You know it is not. 331 00:30:46,798 --> 00:30:48,164 Why not? 332 00:30:48,298 --> 00:30:51,000 The men who are soldiers have wives and children, 333 00:30:51,134 --> 00:30:52,871 but the Agojie cannot. 334 00:30:53,002 --> 00:30:54,438 How is that fair? 335 00:30:54,570 --> 00:30:56,306 Were you this arrogant with your family? 336 00:30:56,440 --> 00:30:58,075 No wonder they gave you away. 337 00:30:58,208 --> 00:31:00,744 It is you who is arrogant. 338 00:31:02,078 --> 00:31:03,948 I am a general. 339 00:31:04,080 --> 00:31:05,147 I have earned it. 340 00:31:05,281 --> 00:31:06,984 You have earned nothing. 341 00:31:07,116 --> 00:31:08,251 I should put you out. 342 00:31:08,384 --> 00:31:10,019 - No. - I have watched soldiers die 343 00:31:10,153 --> 00:31:12,256 because they did not have discipline. 344 00:31:12,388 --> 00:31:13,991 Their easy life did not prepare them for 345 00:31:14,124 --> 00:31:18,095 - this life here as an Agojie. - I did not have an easy life. 346 00:31:20,063 --> 00:31:22,834 I did not have an easy life. 347 00:31:22,967 --> 00:31:24,166 Please. 348 00:31:24,300 --> 00:31:26,103 I-I want to be here with the others. 349 00:31:26,236 --> 00:31:28,337 I want to fight for my king. 350 00:31:30,606 --> 00:31:32,108 Please. 351 00:31:32,241 --> 00:31:36,613 Your tears mean nothing. 352 00:31:38,281 --> 00:31:41,551 To be a warrior, you must kill your tears. 353 00:31:49,125 --> 00:31:50,662 Go. 354 00:31:51,962 --> 00:31:53,297 Ah. 355 00:32:01,637 --> 00:32:03,606 Go. 356 00:32:10,146 --> 00:32:11,715 Hey. 357 00:32:13,150 --> 00:32:14,150 You are a Mahi prisoner. 358 00:32:14,250 --> 00:32:16,054 That is all you will ever be. 359 00:32:16,185 --> 00:32:18,488 What did you say? 360 00:32:18,622 --> 00:32:21,025 - She killed our people. - You killed mine. 361 00:32:21,157 --> 00:32:24,161 Me, I also came here a captive. 362 00:32:24,294 --> 00:32:27,030 Do you think yourself better than me? 363 00:32:27,163 --> 00:32:28,265 No, Ajahi. 364 00:32:28,397 --> 00:32:30,734 If you make it through the final test, 365 00:32:30,867 --> 00:32:33,170 you are one of us. 366 00:32:33,302 --> 00:32:36,205 No matter where you come from. 367 00:32:40,210 --> 00:32:42,211 Hmm. 368 00:32:47,050 --> 00:32:48,987 Hey, Tsetse. 369 00:32:49,118 --> 00:32:50,119 Eat up. 370 00:32:50,252 --> 00:32:53,390 Nanisca favors the strong. 371 00:32:53,522 --> 00:32:56,492 What is the first rule of training? 372 00:33:01,365 --> 00:33:03,800 Always obey Izogie. 373 00:33:08,204 --> 00:33:10,140 Come with me. 374 00:33:13,744 --> 00:33:15,779 Drink. 375 00:33:15,913 --> 00:33:17,314 What is it? 376 00:33:17,446 --> 00:33:20,217 The only thing the white men bring worth having. 377 00:33:20,349 --> 00:33:23,020 They call it whiskey. 378 00:33:24,554 --> 00:33:28,525 There. We finally found a way to quiet Tse. 379 00:33:28,660 --> 00:33:30,192 You know your tongue will get you 380 00:33:30,326 --> 00:33:32,194 kicked back to your village. 381 00:33:32,328 --> 00:33:34,498 Why do you challenge the miganon? 382 00:33:34,631 --> 00:33:36,667 If I'm quiet, she won't see me. 383 00:33:36,800 --> 00:33:39,368 Do you think she has time to think about you? 384 00:33:39,502 --> 00:33:43,272 She is thinking about the world. 385 00:33:43,406 --> 00:33:46,175 You know she may one day be the kpojito. 386 00:33:46,308 --> 00:33:48,244 - The woman king? - Mm-hmm. 387 00:33:48,377 --> 00:33:51,213 But we have not had one in so many years. 388 00:33:51,347 --> 00:33:53,316 His brother did not honor it, 389 00:33:53,450 --> 00:33:57,186 but King Ghezo believes in tradition. 390 00:33:57,319 --> 00:34:01,159 In the twin gods, Mawu and Lisa. 391 00:34:01,290 --> 00:34:03,192 Woman and man. 392 00:34:03,326 --> 00:34:05,063 Equal. 393 00:34:05,194 --> 00:34:07,230 Ghezo will name a woman king. 394 00:34:07,364 --> 00:34:10,134 For the gods and the people. 395 00:34:10,266 --> 00:34:13,170 But is that what the miganon wants? 396 00:34:13,302 --> 00:34:15,172 I cannot say. 397 00:34:15,338 --> 00:34:18,474 But in the palace, she is a legend. 398 00:34:18,608 --> 00:34:21,210 Captured as a young soldier. 399 00:34:21,344 --> 00:34:23,213 Given up for dead. 400 00:34:23,346 --> 00:34:25,414 But she returned, 401 00:34:25,548 --> 00:34:30,188 with the Oyo bastards' kofes hanging by her belt. 402 00:34:55,079 --> 00:34:57,181 You know I hate that drink. 403 00:34:57,313 --> 00:35:00,184 The king drinks anything I give him. 404 00:35:00,317 --> 00:35:01,550 The king is young. 405 00:35:01,686 --> 00:35:04,286 He brings that silly wife to the council. 406 00:35:04,420 --> 00:35:06,556 Shante. 407 00:35:06,690 --> 00:35:11,494 Ah, she is ambitious, hmm? 408 00:35:20,469 --> 00:35:22,304 Tell me the dream, Nani. 409 00:35:24,876 --> 00:35:29,947 It dispels its magic if you say the words. 410 00:35:33,282 --> 00:35:35,219 I am in the jungle. 411 00:35:35,351 --> 00:35:37,420 Mm-hmm. 412 00:35:38,655 --> 00:35:43,360 Something is out there, in the darkness. 413 00:35:45,327 --> 00:35:46,197 A beast. 414 00:35:46,329 --> 00:35:48,565 Angry. 415 00:35:53,436 --> 00:35:55,706 I can smell its sweat, its fear. 416 00:35:55,840 --> 00:35:58,842 What does the beast look like? 417 00:36:00,010 --> 00:36:01,545 I don't know. 418 00:36:01,679 --> 00:36:04,447 That is when I wake. 419 00:36:06,315 --> 00:36:08,085 The dream is a warning, no? 420 00:36:09,418 --> 00:36:11,353 We must ask Legba. 421 00:36:11,487 --> 00:36:13,489 Oh, no. Not the nuts. 422 00:36:13,623 --> 00:36:16,260 Do not call them nuts. 423 00:36:18,394 --> 00:36:20,329 They are sacred. 424 00:36:28,438 --> 00:36:31,309 You have enemies gathering. 425 00:36:31,440 --> 00:36:33,043 You must do better than that. 426 00:36:36,545 --> 00:36:38,748 I see fire. 427 00:36:38,882 --> 00:36:44,322 Something or someone from your past. 428 00:36:44,454 --> 00:36:47,224 This is nonsense. 429 00:36:47,356 --> 00:36:48,693 And your medicine, too. 430 00:36:48,826 --> 00:36:52,362 - I am not even tired. - Go to the altar. 431 00:36:52,494 --> 00:36:55,599 Leave gifts for the dead. 432 00:36:57,434 --> 00:37:00,036 Do it. 433 00:37:00,170 --> 00:37:04,876 If you do not respect Ifá, respect your own dream. 434 00:39:28,786 --> 00:39:31,588 I am General Oba Ade. 435 00:39:37,293 --> 00:39:41,865 ...the esteemed regard of the king of Oyo. 436 00:39:41,998 --> 00:39:46,771 Gifts for the Oyo Kingdom, as is tradition. 437 00:39:47,603 --> 00:39:49,672 Nanisca. 438 00:39:57,579 --> 00:39:58,692 This is less than ever before. 439 00:39:58,715 --> 00:40:00,751 Did you think we would not see? 440 00:40:00,885 --> 00:40:02,519 Did you think we would not see your hand 441 00:40:02,652 --> 00:40:04,722 in the raid of our village? 442 00:40:06,556 --> 00:40:08,793 To make up for your shortcomings, 443 00:40:08,925 --> 00:40:11,561 I will accept an addition to the tribute. 444 00:40:11,695 --> 00:40:13,329 40 Agojie. 445 00:40:15,365 --> 00:40:17,934 Not too old. 446 00:40:19,769 --> 00:40:21,972 - And if I refuse? - Then you may no longer 447 00:40:22,106 --> 00:40:23,585 use the port in Ouidah for your trade. 448 00:40:23,706 --> 00:40:25,476 The port belongs to Dahomey. 449 00:40:25,608 --> 00:40:27,610 We have taken control. 450 00:40:27,744 --> 00:40:29,346 It belongs to us now. 451 00:40:33,550 --> 00:40:36,519 I'm so surprised you brought your horses here to plateau. 452 00:40:36,653 --> 00:40:38,688 If they are bitten by the flies, 453 00:40:38,822 --> 00:40:42,293 they may get the sleeping sickness. 454 00:40:42,425 --> 00:40:46,596 Sometimes a mouse can take down an elephant. 455 00:40:46,730 --> 00:40:48,766 Do you threaten the Oyo, usurper? 456 00:40:48,898 --> 00:40:50,900 You will respect the king. 457 00:40:52,802 --> 00:40:54,637 Mm-mm-mm-mm-mm. Migan. 458 00:40:54,771 --> 00:40:56,706 This new general seeks to bait us. 459 00:40:56,840 --> 00:40:59,376 We won't jump at his foolishness. 460 00:40:59,510 --> 00:41:01,643 Let us talk. 461 00:41:16,092 --> 00:41:20,331 20 Agojie of our choosing. 462 00:41:20,463 --> 00:41:23,800 We will march them to Ouidah and surrender them. 463 00:41:23,934 --> 00:41:26,237 And the port remains open for our trade. 464 00:41:27,570 --> 00:41:28,905 I will leave Boma 465 00:41:29,039 --> 00:41:30,907 to enjoy the feast that you have prepared. 466 00:41:31,041 --> 00:41:35,179 In Ouidah, I will be waiting. 467 00:41:36,246 --> 00:41:37,380 Oba. 468 00:43:03,567 --> 00:43:05,034 Nanisca. 469 00:43:07,771 --> 00:43:08,938 What happened? 470 00:43:09,072 --> 00:43:12,376 Your nuts were finally right. 471 00:45:05,021 --> 00:45:06,190 Agojie. 472 00:45:06,322 --> 00:45:08,992 Agojie's here. 473 00:45:13,329 --> 00:45:15,733 Hey, a deal's a deal! 474 00:45:42,960 --> 00:45:46,262 We bring tribute from King Ghezo. 475 00:45:46,396 --> 00:45:49,800 Dahomey has no soldiers man enough. 476 00:45:49,932 --> 00:45:52,902 They have to use their women. 477 00:45:53,936 --> 00:45:55,505 It is against the gods. 478 00:45:57,141 --> 00:45:59,811 My men will find plenty of use for them. 479 00:45:59,943 --> 00:46:02,079 You're mistaken. 480 00:46:02,211 --> 00:46:04,947 These soldiers are not your tribute. 481 00:46:05,081 --> 00:46:07,384 This is your tribute. 482 00:46:08,217 --> 00:46:10,655 Let it be known to all 483 00:46:10,789 --> 00:46:15,259 The great and mighty King Ghezo fears no one. 484 00:46:26,135 --> 00:46:29,639 - Oyo! - Oyo! 485 00:47:06,309 --> 00:47:08,978 Li-Lift the gate! 486 00:47:23,092 --> 00:47:25,596 Miganon! 487 00:47:25,730 --> 00:47:26,931 Go! 488 00:47:32,804 --> 00:47:34,739 Go! Go! 489 00:48:18,047 --> 00:48:20,284 Push off. 490 00:48:30,159 --> 00:48:32,161 Why did you not follow the plan? 491 00:48:32,295 --> 00:48:33,898 You were to go to the boats. 492 00:48:34,032 --> 00:48:35,197 The soldiers were coming. 493 00:48:35,331 --> 00:48:37,034 If I did not come back as I did... 494 00:48:37,166 --> 00:48:38,534 So you are the hero? 495 00:48:38,670 --> 00:48:41,605 You can act on your own, ignoring orders? 496 00:48:41,739 --> 00:48:44,842 - You would not have escaped. - Nawi. 497 00:48:48,579 --> 00:48:51,849 It is you who faced capture by disobeying my orders. 498 00:48:56,987 --> 00:48:58,956 We are Agojie. 499 00:48:59,088 --> 00:49:00,456 We do not act alone. 500 00:49:00,590 --> 00:49:02,760 We move together with one purpose. 501 00:49:02,893 --> 00:49:04,393 Alone, you are weak. 502 00:49:04,527 --> 00:49:07,297 Alone, you are killed or worse. 503 00:49:08,331 --> 00:49:11,134 Now you have seen the barracoons. 504 00:49:11,268 --> 00:49:14,237 A captured Agojie is a slave. 505 00:49:15,172 --> 00:49:16,940 Used by men. 506 00:49:17,074 --> 00:49:19,309 Left to rot. 507 00:49:21,012 --> 00:49:24,014 It is better to die. 508 00:49:24,146 --> 00:49:26,148 Cut your own throat. 509 00:49:32,789 --> 00:49:35,659 I will never question you in front of the others, 510 00:49:35,793 --> 00:49:38,195 but it is you who did not follow the plan. 511 00:49:38,327 --> 00:49:41,297 I only ever had one plan, Amenza. 512 00:49:41,431 --> 00:49:43,034 To take his head. 513 00:49:43,166 --> 00:49:45,469 Nanisca, I... 514 00:50:10,193 --> 00:50:11,862 Nanisca. 515 00:50:11,996 --> 00:50:13,362 Come in. 516 00:50:18,501 --> 00:50:20,905 I hear you have had a victory. 517 00:50:23,907 --> 00:50:27,510 Nanisca, I think we have started on a wrong foot. 518 00:50:27,643 --> 00:50:29,746 I wish to be your friend. 519 00:50:29,880 --> 00:50:32,416 I can help you. I have the king's ear. 520 00:50:32,548 --> 00:50:34,384 We should work together to serve our king. 521 00:50:34,518 --> 00:50:36,552 To ensure he grows only more powerful. 522 00:50:36,688 --> 00:50:39,588 It is you who wants to be powerful. 523 00:50:39,724 --> 00:50:44,260 To stay safe and rich in your fine palace. 524 00:50:45,797 --> 00:50:48,431 Too much change can be dangerous. 525 00:50:48,565 --> 00:50:50,967 I have said this much to my husband. 526 00:50:51,101 --> 00:50:55,639 Then we will soon understand who truly has his ear. 527 00:51:11,755 --> 00:51:14,659 This field alone produces 528 00:51:14,791 --> 00:51:17,260 thousands of barrels of palm oil. 529 00:51:17,393 --> 00:51:19,797 If we harvest many fields each year, 530 00:51:19,931 --> 00:51:23,000 we will have a continuous supply to trade. 531 00:51:23,134 --> 00:51:24,233 Hmm. 532 00:51:24,367 --> 00:51:27,503 I never saw a path before, Nanisca. 533 00:51:28,538 --> 00:51:30,173 But look at this. 534 00:51:30,340 --> 00:51:31,775 Now I do. 535 00:51:31,909 --> 00:51:35,378 Vision is seeing what others do not. 536 00:51:35,512 --> 00:51:37,414 But now we have declared war. 537 00:51:37,547 --> 00:51:40,150 We will conquer the Oyo, 538 00:51:40,282 --> 00:51:42,853 and we will expand our land. 539 00:51:42,987 --> 00:51:45,922 Nanisca, we will be the greatest empire in Africa. 540 00:51:46,056 --> 00:51:49,291 Yes, my king, but let us not be an empire 541 00:51:49,425 --> 00:51:51,594 who sells its people. 542 00:51:51,728 --> 00:51:54,297 Let us be an empire who loves its people. 543 00:51:54,431 --> 00:51:57,333 My brother sold our own. 544 00:51:57,467 --> 00:51:59,070 I will never do that. 545 00:51:59,202 --> 00:52:04,108 Even if they are not Dahomey, they are still our people. 546 00:52:04,242 --> 00:52:06,978 The white man has brought immorality here. 547 00:52:07,110 --> 00:52:09,378 They will not stop until the whole of Africa 548 00:52:09,512 --> 00:52:11,681 is theirs to enslave. 549 00:52:12,382 --> 00:52:14,184 Go. 550 00:52:18,989 --> 00:52:22,193 The English navy now patrols the waters, 551 00:52:22,324 --> 00:52:24,094 attacks and removes our cargo. 552 00:52:24,228 --> 00:52:26,963 Your tribal warfare is none of my concern. 553 00:52:27,097 --> 00:52:29,398 And yours with Dahomey is none of ours. 554 00:52:29,532 --> 00:52:32,702 It will be over soon enough. 555 00:52:32,836 --> 00:52:35,806 The Mahi, the Igbo, they are with us. 556 00:52:35,940 --> 00:52:39,177 By the full moon, we will march on their city, 557 00:52:39,309 --> 00:52:40,643 and we will take it. 558 00:52:40,777 --> 00:52:43,547 Ouidah is open for business. 559 00:52:43,681 --> 00:52:45,614 You will have your cargo. 560 00:54:50,407 --> 00:54:52,409 Go back to Ouidah, slaver. 561 00:54:52,541 --> 00:54:55,378 Naked like the people you sell. 562 00:54:55,512 --> 00:54:56,612 I am not a slaver. 563 00:54:56,746 --> 00:54:58,514 You understand me? 564 00:54:58,648 --> 00:55:01,650 My mother was Dahomey. 565 00:55:02,652 --> 00:55:04,586 You do not look like Dahomey. 566 00:55:04,722 --> 00:55:08,358 My father is white. 567 00:55:08,490 --> 00:55:11,795 So you are Dahomey but not. 568 00:55:12,494 --> 00:55:14,130 And white... 569 00:55:14,264 --> 00:55:16,766 but not. 570 00:55:18,936 --> 00:55:22,239 You think I could have my pants now? 571 00:55:27,577 --> 00:55:30,480 I saw you in Ouidah. 572 00:55:30,612 --> 00:55:32,514 Why are you here in the jungle? 573 00:55:32,648 --> 00:55:35,452 I am going to Dahomey. 574 00:55:35,585 --> 00:55:39,090 The place my mother told me so much about. 575 00:55:39,222 --> 00:55:42,525 Perhaps I will see you there, too. 576 00:55:42,659 --> 00:55:45,494 If you are allowed into the palace. 577 00:56:10,653 --> 00:56:12,722 I am Malik. 578 00:56:13,623 --> 00:56:15,557 Malik! 579 00:56:34,177 --> 00:56:37,380 I do not like this young captain. 580 00:56:37,514 --> 00:56:39,483 Puffed up like a banty rooster. 581 00:56:39,615 --> 00:56:40,751 Finally, we agree. 582 00:56:53,197 --> 00:56:55,632 So you are now a captain, eh? 583 00:56:55,766 --> 00:56:56,833 - Si. - Very good. 584 00:57:01,938 --> 00:57:03,940 Well done. 585 00:57:10,579 --> 00:57:13,184 You have my thanks. 586 00:57:23,661 --> 00:57:26,496 My mother was also taken. 587 00:57:26,628 --> 00:57:28,898 Sold by my brother. 588 00:57:29,032 --> 00:57:31,469 I have many men in your country searching for her, 589 00:57:31,601 --> 00:57:33,536 and they will bring her back. 590 00:57:33,670 --> 00:57:35,271 It is a must. 591 00:57:35,405 --> 00:57:38,509 And, uh, if they find your mother, 592 00:57:38,641 --> 00:57:40,543 they will bring her back, too. 593 00:57:40,677 --> 00:57:42,346 I have just buried her. 594 00:57:42,480 --> 00:57:45,782 It was her dying wish that I come to her home. 595 00:57:45,916 --> 00:57:48,119 The only place she was ever free. 596 00:57:49,420 --> 00:57:51,422 This is your home. 597 00:57:51,554 --> 00:57:53,556 It is yours, eh? 598 00:57:53,690 --> 00:57:56,360 And you came on the right day. 599 00:57:56,494 --> 00:57:57,795 Our magnificent Agojie, 600 00:57:57,927 --> 00:57:59,628 they are doing their final test. 601 00:57:59,762 --> 00:58:01,664 So please sit, eh? 602 00:58:01,798 --> 00:58:03,632 Go. Go on, sit. Go. 603 00:58:03,766 --> 00:58:06,170 Prepare the seats for them. 604 00:58:09,340 --> 00:58:11,041 Very good. 605 00:58:11,742 --> 00:58:13,177 Let us begin. 606 00:58:17,715 --> 00:58:19,250 Go. 607 00:58:38,501 --> 00:58:40,237 Fear not. 608 00:58:40,371 --> 00:58:41,804 Face it head-on. 609 00:58:41,938 --> 00:58:44,742 Relentlessly, we will fight. 610 00:59:17,407 --> 00:59:18,608 Fumbe. 611 00:59:22,813 --> 00:59:26,282 - No, no, no, no, no, no. - Come! 612 00:59:29,085 --> 00:59:31,588 Come. Come. Come. 613 00:59:31,722 --> 00:59:33,423 Come. 614 00:59:33,556 --> 00:59:35,458 Come. Come. 615 00:59:35,592 --> 00:59:36,695 Come. 616 01:00:16,032 --> 01:00:18,369 Yeah! 617 01:00:52,235 --> 01:00:55,773 Yeah! 618 01:01:04,380 --> 01:01:06,849 Come. Come, come, come, come, come. 619 01:01:06,983 --> 01:01:08,918 Come, my dear. Come, come, come. 620 01:01:13,856 --> 01:01:14,925 What is your name? 621 01:01:15,059 --> 01:01:16,492 I am Nawi, my king. 622 01:01:16,626 --> 01:01:17,827 Nawi. 623 01:01:17,960 --> 01:01:20,297 You are beautiful as you are fierce. 624 01:01:21,632 --> 01:01:23,367 If she was not so skilled, I would have 625 01:01:23,500 --> 01:01:26,103 made her a wife, now. 626 01:01:29,972 --> 01:01:31,541 To the victor! 627 01:01:35,679 --> 01:01:39,315 The gods will bless you. The gods will keep you safe. 628 01:01:44,954 --> 01:01:47,056 Well done to all of you. 629 01:01:47,190 --> 01:01:50,728 You are the strongest warriors in Africa. 630 01:01:50,860 --> 01:01:52,764 Welcome to the King's Guard. 631 01:02:06,009 --> 01:02:07,143 Agojie! 632 01:02:07,277 --> 01:02:08,847 - Wu Suu! - Agojie! 633 01:02:08,978 --> 01:02:10,748 - Wu Suu! - Agojie! 634 01:02:10,880 --> 01:02:12,784 Wu Suu! 635 01:02:17,153 --> 01:02:20,257 Hey, be still. 636 01:02:21,458 --> 01:02:23,960 Thank you. 637 01:02:24,094 --> 01:02:26,697 Why did you return to help Fumbe? 638 01:02:26,831 --> 01:02:27,898 You could have lost. 639 01:02:28,030 --> 01:02:29,701 Fumbe is my friend. 640 01:02:29,833 --> 01:02:30,900 I want her to stay. 641 01:02:31,034 --> 01:02:32,902 To stay, she must pass the test. 642 01:02:33,036 --> 01:02:36,373 To be useful, she must stand on her own. 643 01:02:38,275 --> 01:02:40,376 You would not help your friend, Miganon? 644 01:02:40,510 --> 01:02:41,545 Amenza? 645 01:02:41,679 --> 01:02:45,181 I would step on her head to win a footrace. 646 01:02:49,052 --> 01:02:50,789 Ah, your first scars. 647 01:02:50,920 --> 01:02:53,056 The mark of a warrior. 648 01:02:53,990 --> 01:02:55,860 You see? 649 01:02:55,992 --> 01:02:57,927 Hmm? 650 01:02:58,061 --> 01:03:00,496 You will have many more. 651 01:03:03,467 --> 01:03:04,601 Hmm? 652 01:03:05,737 --> 01:03:07,438 Hmm? 653 01:03:10,875 --> 01:03:12,943 Make sure... 654 01:03:13,076 --> 01:03:14,746 all the thorns come out. 655 01:03:14,878 --> 01:03:15,945 Here, here. 656 01:03:16,079 --> 01:03:17,614 - Mm-hmm. - Here. 657 01:03:17,748 --> 01:03:18,849 Mm-hmm. 658 01:03:18,981 --> 01:03:20,751 Here. 659 01:03:20,885 --> 01:03:23,286 What is this? 660 01:03:23,420 --> 01:03:27,523 Uh, my father used to call it the devil's mark. 661 01:03:27,659 --> 01:03:31,228 It was there when he chose me from the orphanage. 662 01:03:32,094 --> 01:03:34,164 You are an orphan? 663 01:03:36,032 --> 01:03:37,902 But your father... 664 01:03:38,034 --> 01:03:39,603 He took me in. 665 01:03:39,737 --> 01:03:42,972 I guess I didn't turn out to be the daughter he wanted. 666 01:04:06,063 --> 01:04:07,731 Nani? 667 01:04:13,302 --> 01:04:16,507 - What did you do with it? - With what? 668 01:04:23,045 --> 01:04:24,280 You told me never to tell you. 669 01:04:24,414 --> 01:04:27,016 - I'm asking. - You said you would ask, 670 01:04:27,150 --> 01:04:29,085 - and you made me swear. - Amenza! 671 01:04:31,021 --> 01:04:34,726 I am not your servant, Nanisca. 672 01:04:46,068 --> 01:04:47,471 I gave her to the missionaries. 673 01:04:47,603 --> 01:04:49,682 - What missionaries? - The ones we passed on the road 674 01:04:49,706 --> 01:04:51,583 when we were marching. - Where did they take her? 675 01:04:51,608 --> 01:04:53,978 - I have no way to know that. - What direction did they go? 676 01:04:54,110 --> 01:04:56,947 I followed your order... 677 01:04:57,079 --> 01:04:59,918 to free you of the burden... 678 01:05:00,050 --> 01:05:02,052 and I chose to give her away. 679 01:05:02,184 --> 01:05:03,855 - And that is all you know? - Yes! 680 01:05:03,987 --> 01:05:05,621 I do not lie to you. 681 01:05:07,623 --> 01:05:11,795 Why do you ask these questions after all this time? 682 01:05:14,130 --> 01:05:17,835 Because Nawi is an orphan? 683 01:05:19,771 --> 01:05:23,740 You couldn't possibly think that sh-she... 684 01:05:26,945 --> 01:05:28,746 Of course not. 685 01:05:29,914 --> 01:05:31,614 No. 686 01:05:42,159 --> 01:05:45,797 The gods are not that cruel. 687 01:05:53,838 --> 01:05:57,206 Speak my language when you are in my palace. 688 01:05:59,242 --> 01:06:00,543 Your wife Shante, 689 01:06:00,677 --> 01:06:03,614 she said you seek an end to the trade. 690 01:06:05,148 --> 01:06:06,884 She does not speak for me. 691 01:06:07,018 --> 01:06:10,119 And she will be punished for thinking she does. 692 01:06:11,554 --> 01:06:13,958 She says this is your general's wish 693 01:06:14,092 --> 01:06:15,125 and perhaps not yours. 694 01:06:15,257 --> 01:06:17,460 My generals obey my wishes. 695 01:06:17,594 --> 01:06:21,164 So you wish to sell... palm oil. 696 01:06:21,297 --> 01:06:24,034 I wish for my people to prosper, 697 01:06:24,166 --> 01:06:25,501 as those of your land do. 698 01:06:25,635 --> 01:06:29,338 Ghezo, the people in my lands prosper 699 01:06:29,472 --> 01:06:32,541 because of the slave trade. 700 01:06:32,677 --> 01:06:35,378 And this very same trade has made you rich. 701 01:06:35,512 --> 01:06:39,382 As rich as the king of England. 702 01:06:39,516 --> 01:06:44,121 You stop the trade, you will be nothing. 703 01:06:44,253 --> 01:06:46,757 King, maybe, but... 704 01:06:46,891 --> 01:06:48,391 king of mud. 705 01:06:48,525 --> 01:06:52,262 All of these captains will take their business elsewhere. 706 01:06:52,396 --> 01:06:55,599 The business of selling Africans? 707 01:06:56,967 --> 01:06:59,469 You will be unprotected. 708 01:07:00,202 --> 01:07:02,940 Unprotected? 709 01:07:04,273 --> 01:07:07,077 Ooh. 710 01:07:07,210 --> 01:07:08,880 You know, I am under no illusion 711 01:07:09,012 --> 01:07:13,851 that you see us as anything but a commodity. 712 01:07:16,253 --> 01:07:19,289 But I am a king. 713 01:07:19,422 --> 01:07:22,893 With or without your respect. 714 01:07:23,027 --> 01:07:28,099 And if you are no longer a necessity to me, 715 01:07:28,231 --> 01:07:32,235 you, too, are unprotected. 716 01:07:37,306 --> 01:07:38,976 Yeah! 717 01:07:51,221 --> 01:07:52,690 Malik. 718 01:07:56,193 --> 01:07:58,128 Nawi. 719 01:07:58,260 --> 01:08:00,429 - May I come in? - No. 720 01:08:00,563 --> 01:08:03,432 No man may cross the palm line. 721 01:08:03,567 --> 01:08:06,402 In Brazil, foreign men may look on the king's women? 722 01:08:06,536 --> 01:08:10,074 In Brazil, women cover their bodies 723 01:08:10,208 --> 01:08:12,476 with long sleeves, long skirts. 724 01:08:12,608 --> 01:08:14,878 Then how do they run? 725 01:08:18,216 --> 01:08:20,283 Yes? Make sure that... 726 01:08:20,417 --> 01:08:23,020 We make camp outside the walls tonight. 727 01:08:23,154 --> 01:08:24,154 Come to see me. 728 01:08:24,287 --> 01:08:26,823 Tonight, we take our blood oath. 729 01:08:26,957 --> 01:08:28,826 Afterward. 730 01:08:28,960 --> 01:08:31,461 If you wish for a girl to come to your tent, 731 01:08:31,595 --> 01:08:33,234 there are girls you can pay in the market. 732 01:08:33,296 --> 01:08:37,399 No, no, I-I just want to talk to you. 733 01:08:37,533 --> 01:08:40,302 Malik! 734 01:08:43,439 --> 01:08:45,943 Will you come to see me? 735 01:09:35,324 --> 01:09:37,094 Agojie! 736 01:09:38,395 --> 01:09:40,198 Blood of our sisters. 737 01:09:43,399 --> 01:09:44,399 ♪ Make us invincible ♪ 738 01:09:47,270 --> 01:09:48,270 ♪ You live for me ♪ 739 01:09:49,673 --> 01:09:51,341 ♪ And I for you ♪ 740 01:09:53,211 --> 01:09:55,046 ♪ Blood of our sisters ♪ 741 01:09:56,378 --> 01:09:58,149 ♪ Make us invincible ♪ 742 01:10:03,485 --> 01:10:05,256 ♪ You live for me and I for you ♪ 743 01:10:06,923 --> 01:10:08,490 ♪ You live for me and I for you ♪ 744 01:10:08,625 --> 01:10:11,162 ♪ Agojie ♪ 745 01:10:16,333 --> 01:10:18,400 You are now my sister. 746 01:10:18,534 --> 01:10:21,072 I will be proud to fight with you. 747 01:10:21,204 --> 01:10:22,707 I want you to teach me. 748 01:10:22,840 --> 01:10:24,908 Like the miganon teaches you. 749 01:10:25,042 --> 01:10:28,345 I also want to be great. 750 01:10:28,478 --> 01:10:31,782 To be great, you must focus. 751 01:10:31,916 --> 01:10:34,252 There can be no distractions. 752 01:10:34,384 --> 01:10:35,720 I will. 753 01:10:37,320 --> 01:10:42,626 At the test, I saw the man from Brazil wave to you. 754 01:10:43,493 --> 01:10:45,462 You know this man? 755 01:10:45,595 --> 01:10:49,367 I... I came across him in the jungle. 756 01:10:49,498 --> 01:10:52,036 "In the jungle." 757 01:10:53,703 --> 01:10:55,907 So, what, you have feelings for him? 758 01:10:56,039 --> 01:10:59,810 I have no way to know how I feel about him. 759 01:11:01,478 --> 01:11:03,579 You want me to teach you. 760 01:11:07,617 --> 01:11:09,653 You are powerful. 761 01:11:09,787 --> 01:11:12,289 More than you even know. 762 01:11:12,421 --> 01:11:15,192 Do not give your power away. 763 01:11:15,326 --> 01:11:16,961 Hmm? 764 01:11:18,762 --> 01:11:20,363 You mean to love? 765 01:11:20,497 --> 01:11:23,199 Love makes you weak. 766 01:11:23,333 --> 01:11:25,202 You really believe that? 767 01:11:27,704 --> 01:11:30,006 You have never loved? 768 01:11:31,507 --> 01:11:34,476 I will be miganon one day. 769 01:11:36,346 --> 01:11:38,648 You cannot have both. 770 01:11:38,783 --> 01:11:40,516 Will that be enough? 771 01:11:40,649 --> 01:11:43,688 This is the life we have chosen. 772 01:11:43,820 --> 01:11:46,356 We each survive in our own way. 773 01:11:46,488 --> 01:11:48,826 You will find yours. 774 01:12:02,639 --> 01:12:04,573 My mother was a slave. 775 01:12:04,708 --> 01:12:07,345 That is all I ever knew of African people. 776 01:12:07,476 --> 01:12:11,215 I never dreamed that we were... 777 01:12:11,349 --> 01:12:15,219 ...kings and warriors. 778 01:12:17,487 --> 01:12:20,256 But now... 779 01:12:20,390 --> 01:12:22,693 I see the majesty. 780 01:12:23,793 --> 01:12:25,695 I see the beauty. 781 01:12:25,829 --> 01:12:28,832 I think you are a good man. 782 01:12:28,966 --> 01:12:32,369 You must not ally yourself with slavers. 783 01:12:32,502 --> 01:12:34,137 We grew up together. 784 01:12:34,270 --> 01:12:37,539 But does he see our beauty as you do? 785 01:12:47,484 --> 01:12:49,551 Nawi, the Oyo are coming. 786 01:12:49,686 --> 01:12:50,787 We are ready. 787 01:12:50,921 --> 01:12:53,323 No, not just the Oyo. 788 01:12:53,457 --> 01:12:55,493 Other tribes, too. 789 01:12:55,625 --> 01:12:58,496 I heard the general plotting. 790 01:12:58,627 --> 01:13:01,097 We must tell the miganon. 791 01:13:01,231 --> 01:13:02,399 I must get back. 792 01:13:02,532 --> 01:13:04,034 Nawi, wait. 793 01:13:04,167 --> 01:13:07,270 Tomorrow, we are going to leave. 794 01:13:20,550 --> 01:13:22,787 This is Ogou. 795 01:13:22,920 --> 01:13:24,788 He is courage and strength. 796 01:13:24,921 --> 01:13:27,957 Perhaps he will bring you back to us. 797 01:13:30,795 --> 01:13:33,764 I have nothing to give to you. 798 01:13:53,582 --> 01:13:56,686 I will take you back. 799 01:14:14,738 --> 01:14:16,739 Miganon. 800 01:14:19,641 --> 01:14:21,212 I have heard something. 801 01:14:21,345 --> 01:14:23,546 One of the men that came to the palace, 802 01:14:23,680 --> 01:14:25,082 Malik, he says the Oyo general 803 01:14:25,216 --> 01:14:27,551 is growing his army with other tribes. 804 01:14:27,685 --> 01:14:29,520 They will march on Dahomey. 805 01:14:29,652 --> 01:14:32,756 The Oyo have given them courage. 806 01:14:34,557 --> 01:14:39,628 Where were you speaking with this man, Malik? 807 01:14:39,762 --> 01:14:41,332 He spoke to me through the palm line. 808 01:14:41,465 --> 01:14:43,801 On the night you swear loyalty to your sisters, 809 01:14:43,934 --> 01:14:46,636 you speak in secret with a slaver? 810 01:14:46,770 --> 01:14:47,636 He's not a slaver. 811 01:14:47,770 --> 01:14:49,606 His mother was Dahomey. 812 01:14:49,739 --> 01:14:52,510 You defend him? 813 01:14:52,676 --> 01:14:55,246 Is that knife a gift? 814 01:14:56,814 --> 01:14:59,149 Where have you been? 815 01:14:59,283 --> 01:15:02,086 - I have been nowhere. - Come here. 816 01:15:04,287 --> 01:15:05,689 Here. 817 01:15:18,836 --> 01:15:21,171 You are an Agojie. 818 01:15:22,006 --> 01:15:24,041 You cannot be with a man. 819 01:15:24,175 --> 01:15:27,778 Do you think you are so special that I will not put you out? 820 01:15:27,912 --> 01:15:28,979 Because I will. 821 01:15:29,113 --> 01:15:30,713 I do not think I am special. 822 01:15:30,847 --> 01:15:32,448 Do not bow your head. 823 01:15:32,582 --> 01:15:34,717 Do not. 824 01:15:35,653 --> 01:15:37,220 I know your arrogance. 825 01:15:37,354 --> 01:15:39,355 You continue to do as you please. 826 01:15:39,489 --> 01:15:40,557 You disregard the rules. 827 01:15:40,690 --> 01:15:42,826 What do you want from me? 828 01:15:43,761 --> 01:15:45,496 I proved myself today. 829 01:15:45,628 --> 01:15:46,630 I am the best. 830 01:15:46,764 --> 01:15:49,600 It is not enough to be the best. 831 01:15:49,733 --> 01:15:52,735 Your arrogance and your stupidity will get you caught. 832 01:15:52,869 --> 01:15:54,738 I am not you. 833 01:15:54,872 --> 01:15:56,606 Izogie told me that you were captured. 834 01:15:56,739 --> 01:15:58,141 That will never be me! 835 01:15:58,274 --> 01:16:01,110 I was raped many times each night. 836 01:16:04,180 --> 01:16:08,452 When they would come, I wished only to die. 837 01:16:10,554 --> 01:16:12,555 They took it all away. 838 01:16:12,690 --> 01:16:15,326 Everything I knew. 839 01:16:15,458 --> 01:16:19,462 And when I finally escaped, I was with child. 840 01:16:19,596 --> 01:16:22,899 A child of those men. 841 01:16:23,033 --> 01:16:25,935 I would have to leave my sisters forever, 842 01:16:26,069 --> 01:16:28,404 so I had to hide. 843 01:16:29,606 --> 01:16:31,375 I bathed alone. 844 01:16:31,507 --> 01:16:33,476 And my belly grew. 845 01:16:48,391 --> 01:16:49,926 It was a girl. 846 01:16:50,060 --> 01:16:53,596 I told Amenza, "Take it away." 847 01:16:53,731 --> 01:16:58,534 But the blood, it kept coming, and Amenza ran away 848 01:16:58,670 --> 01:17:01,939 to find medicine, and she left me with her. 849 01:17:04,708 --> 01:17:06,976 So I did something. 850 01:17:35,506 --> 01:17:36,740 I made a cut 851 01:17:36,873 --> 01:17:39,143 on the back of the left arm, 852 01:17:39,275 --> 01:17:42,645 and I pressed a tooth into it. 853 01:17:42,780 --> 01:17:44,914 A shark's tooth. 854 01:17:51,822 --> 01:17:53,957 It isn't me. 855 01:20:04,922 --> 01:20:08,024 They are a day's journey from our plateau. 856 01:20:08,158 --> 01:20:10,961 They will set up camp there. 857 01:20:12,128 --> 01:20:13,832 They expect us to defend ourselves 858 01:20:13,963 --> 01:20:15,766 from behind our walls. 859 01:20:15,899 --> 01:20:17,333 We are greatly outnumbered. 860 01:20:17,467 --> 01:20:21,572 Their size makes them arrogant and slow, 861 01:20:21,706 --> 01:20:23,474 like their guns. 862 01:20:38,322 --> 01:20:42,091 But you don't need a gun to use gunpowder. 863 01:20:43,193 --> 01:20:46,831 You just need a spark. 864 01:20:46,965 --> 01:20:52,336 Sometimes a termite can take down an elephant. 865 01:20:53,302 --> 01:20:56,875 We will bring the war to them. 866 01:21:01,712 --> 01:21:02,881 Agojie! 867 01:21:54,731 --> 01:21:57,266 For 90 years, 868 01:21:57,400 --> 01:22:00,939 Dahomey has lived under the thumb of the Oyo! 869 01:22:02,338 --> 01:22:03,875 When it rains, 870 01:22:04,007 --> 01:22:07,712 our ancestors weep for the pain we have felt 871 01:22:07,845 --> 01:22:12,783 in the dark hulls of ships bound for distant shores! 872 01:22:15,252 --> 01:22:17,587 When the wind blows, 873 01:22:17,721 --> 01:22:21,091 our ancestors push us to march into battle 874 01:22:21,224 --> 01:22:23,260 against those who enslave us! 875 01:22:23,393 --> 01:22:25,863 When it thunders, 876 01:22:25,997 --> 01:22:31,134 our ancestors demand we rip the shackles of doubt 877 01:22:31,268 --> 01:22:33,436 from our minds and fight with courage! 878 01:22:35,137 --> 01:22:39,176 We fight not just for today but for the future! 879 01:22:40,078 --> 01:22:44,413 We are the spear of victory! 880 01:22:44,547 --> 01:22:47,216 We are the blade of freedom! 881 01:22:48,118 --> 01:22:51,154 We are Dahomey! 882 01:22:51,287 --> 01:22:52,154 Agojie! 883 01:22:52,288 --> 01:22:53,757 - Wu Suu! - Agojie! 884 01:22:53,890 --> 01:22:54,958 Wu Suu! 885 01:22:55,092 --> 01:22:56,694 - Agojie! - Wu Suu! 886 01:22:56,828 --> 01:22:57,895 Agojie! 887 01:22:58,029 --> 01:22:59,563 - Wu Suu! - Agojie! 888 01:22:59,697 --> 01:23:00,765 Wu Suu! 889 01:24:15,271 --> 01:24:18,341 We are under attack! Attack! 890 01:24:26,984 --> 01:24:28,886 Grab your weapons! 891 01:24:29,020 --> 01:24:30,988 We are Oyo! 892 01:24:32,122 --> 01:24:33,222 Oyo! 893 01:28:21,484 --> 01:28:23,220 Where is Oba? 894 01:28:25,722 --> 01:28:27,358 Where is Oba?! 895 01:28:41,204 --> 01:28:43,239 Fall back! 896 01:28:43,373 --> 01:28:45,507 Fall back! Oyo, fall back! 897 01:29:18,975 --> 01:29:20,677 Grab the Agojie. 898 01:29:20,810 --> 01:29:23,480 Oyo, move! 899 01:29:23,613 --> 01:29:25,448 Oba wants the Agojie. 900 01:29:25,582 --> 01:29:27,851 Move, move, move! 901 01:29:42,599 --> 01:29:43,934 They are retreating! 902 01:29:44,068 --> 01:29:46,737 Move, move, move! 903 01:30:10,661 --> 01:30:14,899 You fought well, my young sister. 904 01:30:18,735 --> 01:30:21,137 Now you must rest. 905 01:30:26,944 --> 01:30:30,247 Ghezo! Wu Suu! 906 01:30:33,516 --> 01:30:35,519 She is not here. 907 01:30:35,652 --> 01:30:38,189 No one has seen her. 908 01:31:21,798 --> 01:31:23,333 Fumbe. 909 01:31:24,502 --> 01:31:25,569 I failed. 910 01:31:25,703 --> 01:31:26,703 No. 911 01:31:26,804 --> 01:31:28,872 You stayed alive. 912 01:31:32,076 --> 01:31:34,211 You are not tied to anyone. 913 01:31:34,345 --> 01:31:35,546 Mm-mm. 914 01:31:35,679 --> 01:31:37,180 Go over. 915 01:31:38,849 --> 01:31:41,351 Do you want to live? 916 01:31:44,454 --> 01:31:46,289 Now. 917 01:32:07,043 --> 01:32:09,579 We need to buy passage. 918 01:32:09,712 --> 01:32:10,780 We are not going home? 919 01:32:10,914 --> 01:32:12,448 We have lost. 920 01:32:12,582 --> 01:32:15,719 At home, we are dead men. 921 01:32:17,755 --> 01:32:19,622 Put this one on display. 922 01:32:19,756 --> 01:32:23,159 The bids will be higher for soldiers. 923 01:32:27,831 --> 01:32:29,632 Move. 924 01:32:29,766 --> 01:32:31,301 I said move. 925 01:32:53,856 --> 01:32:55,694 Move back! 926 01:32:55,826 --> 01:32:59,029 Make space for one more. 927 01:33:14,144 --> 01:33:17,180 Izogie. 928 01:33:18,948 --> 01:33:21,351 Come. Sit. 929 01:33:21,484 --> 01:33:23,319 Sit. 930 01:33:35,865 --> 01:33:37,067 Eat. 931 01:33:37,201 --> 01:33:40,170 We will need our strength to escape. 932 01:33:43,907 --> 01:33:45,676 My arm is broken. 933 01:33:45,809 --> 01:33:48,412 I know what I must do. 934 01:33:49,947 --> 01:33:52,181 What the miganon said. 935 01:33:54,184 --> 01:33:56,886 We will slit our throats. 936 01:33:58,454 --> 01:34:00,457 We will not. 937 01:34:02,661 --> 01:34:03,662 "Fear not. 938 01:34:03,793 --> 01:34:06,262 "Face it head-on. 939 01:34:08,332 --> 01:34:11,868 Relentlessly, we will fight." 940 01:34:13,771 --> 01:34:14,904 Hey. 941 01:34:15,038 --> 01:34:17,742 You are Izogie. 942 01:34:17,875 --> 01:34:19,810 You said it. 943 01:34:19,943 --> 01:34:22,979 "Relentlessly, we will fight." 944 01:34:23,947 --> 01:34:25,315 Come on! 945 01:34:45,868 --> 01:34:48,072 Push it back together. 946 01:35:14,064 --> 01:35:17,100 You are strong for a little fly. 947 01:35:27,779 --> 01:35:29,579 Now what? 948 01:35:57,541 --> 01:35:59,743 They were taking us to the barracoons. 949 01:35:59,877 --> 01:36:01,944 How many others? 950 01:36:02,078 --> 01:36:03,715 Uh, three, I think. 951 01:36:03,847 --> 01:36:06,082 - Izogie? - Uh... 952 01:36:06,216 --> 01:36:07,951 I did not see her. 953 01:36:09,353 --> 01:36:11,756 Nawi said to throw myself off the wagon. 954 01:36:11,890 --> 01:36:14,056 Nawi? 955 01:36:19,061 --> 01:36:21,198 Miganon, Ajahi. 956 01:36:21,331 --> 01:36:23,500 The king requests you. 957 01:36:23,634 --> 01:36:27,337 I have brought you here because I have chosen kpojito. 958 01:36:27,470 --> 01:36:30,407 Kpojito is beloved of the people. 959 01:36:30,541 --> 01:36:34,411 She must be deserving of their admiration and their trust. 960 01:36:34,545 --> 01:36:38,917 We must share the same vision for our future. 961 01:36:39,048 --> 01:36:40,216 A bold future. 962 01:36:40,350 --> 01:36:44,954 For that reason, I have chosen Nanisca. 963 01:36:49,091 --> 01:36:50,527 She is a common soldier. 964 01:36:50,662 --> 01:36:52,271 - Will you sit down. - Ruined by the enemy. 965 01:36:52,296 --> 01:36:54,965 - Sit down and be quiet! - Shante. 966 01:36:57,568 --> 01:37:02,038 Kelu, Efe, go and talk to her. Go, go, go. 967 01:37:03,273 --> 01:37:05,341 We will celebrate. 968 01:37:05,475 --> 01:37:07,344 We will bring the city to the palace, 969 01:37:07,478 --> 01:37:09,046 and we will have a big feast. 970 01:37:09,179 --> 01:37:11,081 Go and prepare. 971 01:37:17,154 --> 01:37:19,189 Well done. 972 01:37:32,168 --> 01:37:35,137 My king, it is a great honor. 973 01:37:35,271 --> 01:37:37,407 But perhaps it is too soon, 974 01:37:37,541 --> 01:37:39,275 when we have lost so many soldiers 975 01:37:39,408 --> 01:37:41,011 and the people are grieving. 976 01:37:41,144 --> 01:37:43,012 Grieving? 977 01:37:43,145 --> 01:37:44,014 No one is grieving. 978 01:37:44,146 --> 01:37:45,282 We have won. 979 01:37:45,414 --> 01:37:47,050 We have thrown off the yoke. 980 01:37:47,184 --> 01:37:49,051 My king, I wish to seek our lost Agojie. 981 01:37:49,185 --> 01:37:50,287 Some were taken captive. 982 01:37:50,420 --> 01:37:51,765 They will be sold, used by the men. 983 01:37:51,788 --> 01:37:54,692 Nanisca, the moment you seek is here. 984 01:37:54,826 --> 01:37:56,728 The few have been sacrificed for the many. 985 01:37:56,860 --> 01:37:59,730 - Now we must move forward. - I can go alone. Let me try. 986 01:37:59,863 --> 01:38:02,734 - The Oyo... - You disobey me, Nanisca. 987 01:38:02,867 --> 01:38:06,502 Are you confusing my admiration for weakness? 988 01:38:07,170 --> 01:38:09,472 I am your king. 989 01:38:09,605 --> 01:38:14,043 Let me tell you, you will not seek out those captives. 990 01:38:14,176 --> 01:38:16,145 You must stay by my side 991 01:38:16,279 --> 01:38:19,048 and take the honor I bestow you. 992 01:38:20,050 --> 01:38:22,386 Do not force my anger. 993 01:38:37,466 --> 01:38:39,269 In the morning, they will come. 994 01:38:39,403 --> 01:38:41,305 - Back up! Move it! Move it! - Get back! Back! 995 01:38:41,438 --> 01:38:43,539 - Move back! - Back! Move it! 996 01:38:43,675 --> 01:38:44,675 Move! 997 01:38:44,708 --> 01:38:47,310 Stay back! 998 01:38:55,853 --> 01:38:57,354 Move! 999 01:38:57,487 --> 01:39:00,757 They will take the Agojie first. 1000 01:39:22,378 --> 01:39:26,382 On your feet. 1001 01:39:33,457 --> 01:39:36,426 We must have patience. 1002 01:39:42,164 --> 01:39:44,234 When we are brought to the block, 1003 01:39:44,368 --> 01:39:46,837 we will be unshackled. 1004 01:39:46,970 --> 01:39:49,305 We will have our legs. 1005 01:39:59,282 --> 01:40:02,720 We must not let them see my arm is broken. 1006 01:40:19,435 --> 01:40:23,172 When we are sold, that will be the moment. 1007 01:40:23,305 --> 01:40:25,143 You will make a distraction. 1008 01:40:25,274 --> 01:40:27,045 I give you 90 for this one. 1009 01:40:27,176 --> 01:40:28,712 120. 1010 01:40:30,313 --> 01:40:32,649 Oba, you said you would be good to me here. 1011 01:40:32,783 --> 01:40:34,952 Mm-mm. It will go to the highest bidder. 1012 01:40:35,086 --> 01:40:38,155 We will each disarm a guard and run. 1013 01:40:38,287 --> 01:40:41,257 Do not stop until you reach the water. 1014 01:40:41,390 --> 01:40:43,493 150 reais. 1015 01:40:49,565 --> 01:40:51,400 Nawi! 1016 01:41:44,122 --> 01:41:45,454 No. 1017 01:41:48,390 --> 01:41:50,994 No. 1018 01:41:53,529 --> 01:41:54,998 No. 1019 01:42:01,371 --> 01:42:02,974 Izogie. 1020 01:42:03,106 --> 01:42:07,177 Come on. Come on. Come on. 1021 01:42:07,310 --> 01:42:08,945 Get up. 1022 01:42:09,079 --> 01:42:10,148 No! 1023 01:42:10,279 --> 01:42:13,516 Izogie, get up. 1024 01:42:19,456 --> 01:42:22,292 No, no, no, no. 1025 01:42:22,425 --> 01:42:23,994 I'm sorry. 1026 01:42:24,127 --> 01:42:25,427 N-Nawi. 1027 01:42:27,596 --> 01:42:29,632 You move like a sloth. 1028 01:42:29,766 --> 01:42:32,170 I'm sorry. 1029 01:42:32,301 --> 01:42:33,435 I'm sorry. 1030 01:42:33,569 --> 01:42:35,305 I'm sorry. Let's-let's go. 1031 01:42:35,438 --> 01:42:37,506 Let's go. 1032 01:42:41,377 --> 01:42:43,247 Izogie? 1033 01:42:43,412 --> 01:42:45,682 Izogie. Izogie. 1034 01:42:49,452 --> 01:42:51,354 You get away from her! 1035 01:42:51,488 --> 01:42:54,257 Get away! 1036 01:43:11,373 --> 01:43:15,345 If you want this one, 100 reais. 1037 01:43:34,998 --> 01:43:36,565 - What are you doing? - Move aside. 1038 01:43:36,701 --> 01:43:38,903 You know what the king will do to you if you defy him. 1039 01:43:39,036 --> 01:43:40,537 You want to be expelled or worse? 1040 01:43:40,671 --> 01:43:42,439 - No, no, no, no. Nanisca. - Amenza. Amenza. 1041 01:43:42,572 --> 01:43:45,208 - I cannot stand by. - I know what it is. 1042 01:43:45,342 --> 01:43:47,778 In the dream. 1043 01:43:47,912 --> 01:43:51,082 The beast I am so frightened of. 1044 01:43:56,552 --> 01:43:58,855 It is me. 1045 01:44:02,726 --> 01:44:05,628 It is that girl who was silenced 1046 01:44:05,762 --> 01:44:09,667 in those shackles by those men. 1047 01:44:12,469 --> 01:44:14,637 I've hidden her away. 1048 01:44:14,771 --> 01:44:17,707 I have denied her pain. 1049 01:44:21,511 --> 01:44:24,981 But I'm going to hear her now. 1050 01:44:26,082 --> 01:44:27,318 Hmm? 1051 01:44:27,449 --> 01:44:29,886 I have to try to save her. 1052 01:44:30,020 --> 01:44:31,154 No. 1053 01:44:32,588 --> 01:44:34,623 Please. 1054 01:45:59,710 --> 01:46:02,078 It is not safe for us. I brought you clothes. 1055 01:46:02,212 --> 01:46:04,681 I will sneak you out at nightfall. 1056 01:46:04,814 --> 01:46:06,484 Do you own me now? 1057 01:46:06,615 --> 01:46:08,085 - Of course not. - Get out! 1058 01:46:08,219 --> 01:46:10,139 - I am trying to protect you. - By locking me in? 1059 01:46:10,220 --> 01:46:12,422 Do you know what they would do to you? 1060 01:46:12,555 --> 01:46:14,759 A white man was killed. 1061 01:46:18,662 --> 01:46:21,664 You have the key now. 1062 01:46:21,798 --> 01:46:24,935 You can choose when the lock is turned. 1063 01:47:28,231 --> 01:47:32,670 My mother guided me here to find myself. 1064 01:47:33,603 --> 01:47:35,072 And I found you. 1065 01:47:35,206 --> 01:47:39,676 I have booked passage on a cargo ship bound for England. 1066 01:47:40,877 --> 01:47:42,345 I want to keep you safe. 1067 01:47:47,717 --> 01:47:52,055 My heart has many scars. 1068 01:48:08,439 --> 01:48:11,640 Husband, please accept my deepest apologies 1069 01:48:11,774 --> 01:48:14,778 - for questioning your will. - Mm. 1070 01:48:14,912 --> 01:48:16,613 What do you want? 1071 01:48:16,779 --> 01:48:17,779 Move, my friend. 1072 01:48:17,881 --> 01:48:19,783 The wives are whispering. 1073 01:48:19,917 --> 01:48:21,819 I told Tanonu what they say, and... 1074 01:48:21,952 --> 01:48:23,354 Have I not told you not to discuss 1075 01:48:23,487 --> 01:48:25,523 my business with the wives? Have I not told you? 1076 01:48:25,654 --> 01:48:27,757 My king, please forgive me. 1077 01:48:27,891 --> 01:48:29,359 Nanisca's gone to Ouidah 1078 01:48:29,493 --> 01:48:31,761 with the migan and a number of her soldiers. 1079 01:48:31,895 --> 01:48:33,730 - Eh? - We must postpone the feast. 1080 01:48:33,863 --> 01:48:35,466 No, no. The-the people gossip. 1081 01:48:35,599 --> 01:48:39,235 You cannot postpone it now, not without looking weak. 1082 01:49:19,743 --> 01:49:22,880 Where are the others? 1083 01:49:23,012 --> 01:49:26,350 Izogie was killed, Miganon. 1084 01:49:26,483 --> 01:49:28,819 Nawi is gone. 1085 01:49:45,836 --> 01:49:47,706 There will be no prisoners. 1086 01:49:47,837 --> 01:49:51,408 Burn their whole trade to the ground. 1087 01:50:18,135 --> 01:50:21,404 Sound the alarm! 1088 01:50:41,057 --> 01:50:42,960 Nawi. Nawi. 1089 01:50:43,092 --> 01:50:45,095 I need to come in. 1090 01:50:46,963 --> 01:50:48,032 We must go. 1091 01:50:48,164 --> 01:50:50,033 My sisters have come. 1092 01:50:50,167 --> 01:50:51,770 I have to help them. 1093 01:50:51,902 --> 01:50:53,804 Then I will help you. 1094 01:50:53,936 --> 01:50:56,939 No. Malik. 1095 01:50:57,841 --> 01:51:00,109 You must go. 1096 01:51:05,114 --> 01:51:07,451 Your clothes are bloody. 1097 01:51:10,689 --> 01:51:12,922 You can wear these. 1098 01:51:19,997 --> 01:51:22,599 I will take care of him. 1099 01:51:23,801 --> 01:51:26,069 I will be on the beach. 1100 01:52:03,039 --> 01:52:05,074 I want Oba. 1101 01:52:21,725 --> 01:52:24,927 Hurry up, this way, this way! Come on! 1102 01:52:25,061 --> 01:52:26,930 Move, damn it! 1103 01:52:34,671 --> 01:52:36,673 No! No! No! 1104 01:52:36,807 --> 01:52:38,641 Malik! 1105 01:52:42,979 --> 01:52:46,015 Malik! Malik, in! 1106 01:52:59,262 --> 01:53:01,364 Malik, no! No! No! 1107 01:53:01,497 --> 01:53:03,100 Loose me! Loose me! 1108 01:53:03,233 --> 01:53:05,904 Não! Não! Não! 1109 01:53:06,036 --> 01:53:08,706 Malik! Malik, não! 1110 01:53:08,840 --> 01:53:11,574 Não! 1111 01:53:53,050 --> 01:53:55,485 Hyah! 1112 01:55:29,012 --> 01:55:31,648 You do not remember me. 1113 01:55:35,052 --> 01:55:38,287 Now you will never forget. 1114 01:56:17,159 --> 01:56:19,395 No, no, no, no! 1115 01:57:16,820 --> 01:57:18,088 Agojie! 1116 01:57:18,220 --> 01:57:19,288 Wu Suu! 1117 01:57:19,422 --> 01:57:21,958 - Agojie! - Wu Suu! 1118 01:57:22,092 --> 01:57:23,359 Agojie! 1119 01:57:23,493 --> 01:57:24,996 Wu Suu! 1120 01:57:25,128 --> 01:57:26,997 - Agojie! - Wu Suu! 1121 01:57:27,131 --> 01:57:28,733 Agojie! 1122 01:57:28,865 --> 01:57:29,934 Wu Suu! 1123 01:57:30,068 --> 01:57:31,735 Agojie! 1124 01:57:31,868 --> 01:57:33,302 Wu Suu! 1125 01:57:35,337 --> 01:57:36,206 Come. We cannot stay here. 1126 01:57:36,338 --> 01:57:37,875 Get in the boat! 1127 01:58:25,322 --> 01:58:27,323 Shante, well done. 1128 01:58:27,457 --> 01:58:29,226 You deserve it. 1129 01:58:45,877 --> 01:58:48,078 Nanisca! Nanisca! 1130 01:58:48,212 --> 01:58:51,448 Nanisca! Nanisca! Nanisca! 1131 01:58:51,581 --> 01:58:54,484 Nanisca! Nanisca! 1132 01:58:54,618 --> 01:58:58,354 Nanisca! Nanisca! Nanisca! 1133 01:58:58,488 --> 01:59:01,225 Nanisca! Nanisca! 1134 01:59:01,358 --> 01:59:04,962 Nanisca! Nanisca! Nanisca! 1135 01:59:05,095 --> 01:59:07,329 Nanisca! Nanisca! 1136 01:59:07,463 --> 01:59:10,067 Nanisca! Nanisca! 1137 01:59:30,755 --> 01:59:35,492 You disobey your king, Nanisca. 1138 01:59:36,761 --> 01:59:39,764 I will resign my command. 1139 01:59:50,640 --> 01:59:52,542 People of Dahomey... 1140 01:59:54,644 --> 01:59:56,881 ...we have ended the reign of the Oyo Empire. 1141 02:00:04,587 --> 02:00:06,289 Look upon the faces of the warriors. 1142 02:00:06,422 --> 02:00:08,524 Look at them. 1143 02:00:09,492 --> 02:00:11,761 Many never thought it possible. 1144 02:00:12,462 --> 02:00:14,396 But we believed. 1145 02:00:15,532 --> 02:00:17,768 That is what makes a great leader. 1146 02:00:18,668 --> 02:00:20,738 Seeing what others do not. 1147 02:00:20,872 --> 02:00:24,675 The Europeans and the Americans have seen 1148 02:00:24,809 --> 02:00:28,377 if you want to hold a people in chains, 1149 02:00:28,511 --> 02:00:29,913 one must first convince them 1150 02:00:30,046 --> 02:00:33,515 that they are meant to be bound. 1151 02:00:33,649 --> 02:00:37,255 We joined them in becoming our own oppressor. 1152 02:00:37,386 --> 02:00:39,588 But no more. 1153 02:00:41,091 --> 02:00:42,993 No more. 1154 02:00:44,461 --> 02:00:46,898 We are a warrior people! 1155 02:00:47,030 --> 02:00:50,600 And there is power in our mind... 1156 02:00:50,734 --> 02:00:55,006 ...in our unity, in our culture. 1157 02:00:55,139 --> 02:00:58,775 If we understand that power, we will be limitless. 1158 02:01:00,278 --> 02:01:02,345 My people, 1159 02:01:02,479 --> 02:01:05,048 this is a vision I will lead. 1160 02:01:05,983 --> 02:01:08,920 It is a vision that is shared. 1161 02:01:13,658 --> 02:01:16,694 Heroes of Dahomey, 1162 02:01:16,827 --> 02:01:20,529 behold the bravest of the brave, 1163 02:01:20,664 --> 02:01:22,564 appointed by King Ghezo, 1164 02:01:22,699 --> 02:01:26,435 elevated to the sacred title of kpojito, 1165 02:01:26,569 --> 02:01:29,340 Nanisca, the woman king. 1166 02:02:23,661 --> 02:02:26,831 An offering for Izogie. 1167 02:02:26,963 --> 02:02:30,201 She does not want that water. 1168 02:02:31,301 --> 02:02:33,104 She wants this. 1169 02:02:49,119 --> 02:02:51,988 In my blood is the blood of a killer. 1170 02:02:56,659 --> 02:02:59,863 A man who gave you so much pain. 1171 02:03:04,667 --> 02:03:06,936 I am sorry. 1172 02:03:16,247 --> 02:03:18,282 You are Agojie. 1173 02:03:29,793 --> 02:03:32,561 I am sorry. 1174 02:03:33,630 --> 02:03:35,899 I left you. 1175 02:03:39,703 --> 02:03:42,305 I was not brave enough. 1176 02:03:45,275 --> 02:03:49,979 But you survived because you are meant to be here. 1177 02:03:57,954 --> 02:04:01,623 It is not your fault what happened to me. 1178 02:04:04,662 --> 02:04:06,863 You... 1179 02:04:06,997 --> 02:04:10,266 are not the thing that hurt me. 1180 02:04:14,704 --> 02:04:17,041 You are Nawi. 1181 02:04:20,743 --> 02:04:23,146 You are my daughter. 1182 02:04:25,315 --> 02:04:27,051 I am sorry. 1183 02:05:56,974 --> 02:05:59,310 Mother, will you dance? 1184 02:09:38,194 --> 02:09:40,229 Sisters in blood. 1185 02:09:40,363 --> 02:09:46,036 You fall and now you rise. 1186 02:09:48,104 --> 02:09:49,640 Dance with us. 1187 02:09:49,774 --> 02:09:52,911 Be with us. 1188 02:09:53,042 --> 02:09:55,244 You live for me... 1189 02:09:56,113 --> 02:09:58,215 and I for you. 1190 02:10:02,586 --> 02:10:04,287 Izogie. 1191 02:10:05,055 --> 02:10:07,390 Ode. 1192 02:10:08,693 --> 02:10:10,060 Esi. 1193 02:10:10,961 --> 02:10:12,764 Yoshe. 1194 02:10:12,896 --> 02:10:14,631 Alekko. 1195 02:10:14,765 --> 02:10:16,632 Kesia. 1196 02:10:16,768 --> 02:10:18,301 Breonna. 1197 02:10:27,043 --> 02:10:29,246 ♪ Got to understand ♪ 1198 02:10:29,378 --> 02:10:32,548 ♪ What happens from here Is in our hands ♪ 1199 02:10:32,684 --> 02:10:36,487 ♪ From mighty kingdoms Of a distant land ♪ 1200 02:10:36,619 --> 02:10:40,356 ♪ Turn the world upside down Yes, we can ♪ 1201 02:10:40,490 --> 02:10:41,992 ♪ We just gotta ♪ 1202 02:10:42,125 --> 02:10:45,729 ♪ Rise up, rise up ♪ 1203 02:10:45,863 --> 02:10:49,399 ♪ Rise up, rise up ♪ 1204 02:10:49,533 --> 02:10:53,436 ♪ Rise up, rise up ♪ 1205 02:10:53,569 --> 02:10:57,407 ♪ Rise up, rise up ♪ 1206 02:10:58,175 --> 02:10:59,911 ♪ No, no, yeah ♪ 1207 02:11:00,042 --> 02:11:01,712 ♪ No ♪ 1208 02:11:01,845 --> 02:11:03,780 ♪ No, no, yeah ♪ 1209 02:11:03,914 --> 02:11:05,381 ♪ No ♪ 1210 02:11:05,515 --> 02:11:07,618 ♪ No, no, yeah ♪ 1211 02:11:07,752 --> 02:11:09,653 ♪ No ♪ 1212 02:11:09,787 --> 02:11:11,654 ♪ No, no, yeah ♪ 1213 02:11:11,788 --> 02:11:13,023 ♪ No ♪ 1214 02:11:21,163 --> 02:11:23,367 ♪ Been marching so long ♪ 1215 02:11:23,500 --> 02:11:26,738 ♪ How far is it to get To where we're going? ♪ 1216 02:11:26,871 --> 02:11:30,640 ♪ Don't you know Together we are strong? ♪ 1217 02:11:30,774 --> 02:11:34,779 ♪ We're gonna fight the madness Till it's gone ♪ 1218 02:11:34,912 --> 02:11:36,246 ♪ We just gotta ♪ 1219 02:11:36,380 --> 02:11:40,082 ♪ Rise up, rise up ♪ 1220 02:11:40,216 --> 02:11:43,921 ♪ Rise up, rise up ♪ 1221 02:11:44,054 --> 02:11:47,792 ♪ Rise up, rise up ♪ 1222 02:11:47,926 --> 02:11:54,832 ♪ Rise up, rise up ♪ 1223 02:11:56,099 --> 02:11:57,969 ♪ No, no, yeah ♪ 1224 02:11:58,100 --> 02:11:59,871 ♪ No ♪ 1225 02:12:00,003 --> 02:12:01,838 ♪ No, no, yeah ♪ 1226 02:12:01,972 --> 02:12:03,372 ♪ No ♪ 1227 02:12:03,506 --> 02:12:07,243 ♪ Oh... ♪ 1228 02:12:30,466 --> 02:12:34,237 ♪ Rise up, rise up ♪ 1229 02:12:34,371 --> 02:12:38,240 ♪ Rise up, rise up ♪ 1230 02:12:38,375 --> 02:12:42,046 ♪ Rise up, rise up ♪ 1231 02:12:42,179 --> 02:12:45,649 ♪ Rise up, rise up ♪ 1232 02:12:45,783 --> 02:12:48,551 ♪ No, no, yeah ♪ 1233 02:12:48,685 --> 02:12:49,988 ♪ No ♪ 1234 02:12:50,119 --> 02:12:52,055 ♪ No, no, yeah ♪ 1235 02:12:52,189 --> 02:12:54,256 ♪ No ♪ 1236 02:12:54,390 --> 02:12:56,193 ♪ No, no, yeah ♪ 1237 02:12:56,326 --> 02:12:57,962 ♪ No ♪ 1238 02:12:58,095 --> 02:12:59,997 ♪ No, no, yeah ♪ 1239 02:13:00,130 --> 02:13:01,331 ♪ No ♪