Primarily filmed in South Africa , including KwaZulu-Natal and Cape Town, which stood in for West Africa. A small unit also filmed in Ghana .
The project was greenlit with a $50 million budget following the success of Black Panther . Historical Background
The film follows General Nanisca as she trains a new generation of recruits to defend their kingdom against an enemy threat to their way of life. Production & Filming
While many characters are fictionalized, the Agojie (often called "Dahomey Amazons") were a real documented military unit in modern-day Benin .
The film explores the Dahomey's complex history, including their involvement in the slave trade and their eventual shift toward trading palm oil as European nations began outlawing slavery.