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Kasi Lemmons will adapt and direct Maaza Mengiste's historical fiction novel The Shadow King about the Ethiopian women soldiers, left out of the historical record, who went to battle against Mussolini's invading army in 1935 Ethiopia. Atlas Entertainment is producing. The novel follows, Aster, the wife of a commander…

EXCLUSIVE: Atlas Entertainment has acquired rights to Maaza Mengiste's historical novel The Shadow King. Set during Mussolini's 1935 invasion of Ethiopia, The Shadow King revolves around the first real conflict of World War II, casting light on the women soldiers who’ve been left out of the historical…