Maps of Movies
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
Where Black Panther: Wakanda Forever says it takes place, and where it was really shot.
Most of the film happens in invented kingdoms; the real places are a university campus in Massachusetts and a Puerto Rican building standing in for Haiti
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Scenes and places
Shuri's lab and the river border (2022)
Shuri races to print a synthetic Heart-Shaped Herb to save her dying brother. A year later, Queen Ramonda drives her out to the river border to mourn T'Challa.
Set in Wakanda — The invented African nation where the film opens in Shuri's lab.
Filmed at Trilith Studios, Fayetteville, Georgia — Production base: filming began here on 29 June 2021 under the working title Summer Break. The sources do not say which scenes were shot here. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: A working film studio, not open to visitors.
The ocean vibranium find (2022)
An American crew lowers a vibranium detector into the deep ocean and finds solid metal below. The rig loses power and blue-skinned attackers kill the crew.
Set in Atlantic Ocean — A mining ship in the deep Atlantic where a detector finds vibranium on the seabed.
Meeting Riri Williams at MIT (2022)
Shuri and Okoye trace the detector to a college dorm and meet Riri Williams, a 19-year-old engineering student. Federal agents close in and the three flee.
Set in MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts — The university campus where Shuri and Okoye track down the detector's builder. Google Maps · Apple Maps
Filmed at MIT campus, outside Stratton Student Center near Kresge Oval — A local newspaper reported that a scene would be filmed here in August 2021. The coordinate is the MIT campus centre; the finished film was not compared. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: MIT is an open campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, near Kendall/MIT station.
The chase through Cambridge (2022)
After the MIT scene, the three flee through the streets of Cambridge.
Set in Cambridge, Massachusetts (chase) — Streets of Cambridge where the film's chase takes place. Google Maps · Apple Maps
Filmed at Ernest A. Johnson Tunnel, Lincoln Square, Worcester — A chase scene was filmed in this tunnel (city notice and local press). No coordinate for the tunnel was found; the point shown is the centre of Worcester. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: A public road tunnel in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Filmed at Worcester County Courthouse, Main Street, Worcester — A tourism-board article says this courthouse is visible in the finished film as part of the Cambridge chase. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: A courthouse on Main Street in downtown Worcester.
Filmed at Cathedral of Saint Paul, Chatham and High Street, Worcester — It matches the High Street and Chatham Street closures in the city notice. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: A cathedral in downtown Worcester.
Ramonda finds Nakia in Haiti (2022)
Queen Ramonda travels to a village school to find Nakia, who left Wakanda years ago. She asks Nakia to find Shuri and bring her home unseen.
Set in Haiti (village school) — A village in Haiti where Nakia now lives and teaches.
Filmed at Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, Old San Juan — Puerto Rico stood in for Haiti and Mexico. This building is named by one article as a filming location; which scene was shot here is not stated. A former Ritz-Carlton hotel is also named as a set in the same article; no location is given. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: In Old San Juan. The photo shows a class inside the building, not its exterior.
Filmed at Playa Las Palmas, Manatí — Named in one article as a Puerto Rico filming location (it cites Tropical Life). The point shown is the centre of Manatí; which scene was shot here is not stated. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: In Manatí, Puerto Rico.
Filmed at Punta Cibuco, Vega Baja — Named in one article as a Puerto Rico filming location (it cites Tropical Life). The point shown is the centre of Vega Baja; which scene was shot here is not stated. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: In Vega Baja, Puerto Rico.
Filmed at Hacienda Campo Rico, Carolina — Named in one article as a Puerto Rico filming location (it cites Tropical Life). The point shown is the centre of Carolina; which scene was shot here is not stated. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: In Carolina, Puerto Rico.
Filmed at Elvira House, Arecibo — Named in one article as a Puerto Rico filming location (it cites Tropical Life). The point shown is the centre of Arecibo; which scene was shot here is not stated. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: In Arecibo, Puerto Rico.
Namor's underwater kingdom (2022)
Namor takes Shuri into his underwater city and tells her how his people were changed by a plant and went to live in the sea.
Set in Talokan — A glowing city under the sea built from vibranium.
Talokan strikes Wakanda (2022)
Talokan forces strike Wakanda and people flee.
Set in Wakanda — The invented nation of Wakanda under attack.
Shelter in Jabariland (2022)
Wakandans consider evacuating to Jabariland. M'Baku offers shelter and urges them to mourn in the ways of their ancestors.
Set in Jabariland — The mountain territory of the Jabari tribe in the invented Wakanda.
The Ancestral Plane (2022)
Shuri takes the new Heart-Shaped Herb and is carried to the Ancestral Plane, where she meets a familiar figure.
Set in Ancestral Plane — A spiritual realm reached through the Heart-Shaped Herb.
Filmed at Mary Ross Waterfront Park, Brunswick, Georgia — Night filming on the water; the scene is not stated Google Maps · Apple Maps
Characters
- Shuri — Wakanda's princess and inventor, grieving her brother.
- Ramonda — Queen of Wakanda.
- Namor — Ruler of the underwater kingdom Talokan.
- Okoye — Wakandan general.
- Riri Williams — A 19-year-old MIT engineering student.
- Nakia — A former Wakandan spy living in Haiti.
- M'Baku — Leader of the Jabari tribe.
Questions answered on the map
- Where was the MIT scene in Wakanda Forever really filmed?
- Which real place stood in for Haiti in Wakanda Forever?