Repost: ✨ All Hail The Woman King The new King is a Black Woman. The ESSENCE of sisterhood is displayed on our September cover with the cast of The Woman King: Viola Davis, Lashana Lynch, Thuso Mbedu, Sheila Atim, and Adrienne Warren. Here is proof that the power of community and loving with intent prevails in every Kingdom. "Our togetherness is resistance. We are so much stronger together. I didn't know I had sisters in places. That's how it felt being on this set. My sisters have multiplied. And the beauty in that, and the beauty in what we have learned from each other because of our individual lived experiences, and the beauty that we present when we come together, we present what the world has never seen before. They love, they meaning the system, meaning everything else out there, loves to divide us, because if you divide us, then you can conquer us. Try to penetrate us. You won't because we have been through so much, and because in each and every way, we're not superheroes, we're actually warriors. We're Black women." — @adriennelwarren #ESSENCE Credits: Photographed by: @lelanief Styled by:@coreytstokes Adrienne Hair: @tymwallacehair Adrienne Makeup: @rebekahaladdin Gina Hair: Tiffany Daughtery at Celestine Agency Gina Makeup: Leibi Carias at Celestine Agency Lashana Hair: @cynthiaglam Lashana Makeup:@jessicasmalls Sheila Hair: @theonlycm123 Sheila Makeup: @paulyblanch Thuso Hair: @sharifposton Thuso Makeup: @rebekahaladdin Viola Hair: @jamikawilson Viola Makeup: @sergiowastaken Nail Technician: @customtnails1 Set Designer: @winstonstudios Production: @themorrisongroup Shot at: @duststudiosla