We are in the Kingdom of Dahomey, present-day Benin, at the end of the 18th century. Nanisca (Viola Davis), the most outstanding general of the Amazons, must face the French invasion and the surrounding tribes that try to destroy her honor and enslave her people. This president will lead her army, including her daughter Nawi (Thuso Mbedu), in a fight to prevent everything they love from being destroyed forever.