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 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.
While many characters are fictionalized, the Agojie (often called "Dahomey Amazons") were a real documented military unit in modern-day Benin .
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