The film follows Funmilayo Ransome Kuti from her early years as a first pupil at Abeokuta Grammar School, to her meeting and marriage to Israel Ransome Kuti, her career as an educator and the founding of the Abeokuta Women’s Union (initially the Abeokuta Ladies Club), which sparked a rebellion against colonial rule and patriarchy.

The story was presented in the form of a series of flashbacks narrated by Joke Silva.