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Dahomey emphasizes the marginalized in contemplating colonialism's modern-day manifestationsThis framing captures various objects like King Ghezo’s statue or inhabitants of Benin (the renamed version of the Republic of Dahomey). A global society deferring to colonizers has constantly ...
This is not a simple documentary about the repatriation of precious artefacts. Director Mati Diop literally gives her country's royal treasures a voice in this rich and eerie film.
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Largest audience award in the world, Lux Audience Award returns for 2025 with Oscar-winning 'Flow' and Ukraine war doc ...
The capital of Benin (not to be confused with the modern state of Benin, formerly Dahomey) was south west of Ife. One of the few early written accounts of this centre of power and trade is given ...
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Africa: Mati Diop Is a New Star of African Cinema - What Her Award-Winning Movies Are AboutThe objects - 26 royal treasures - were taken from the pre-colonial kingdom of Dahomey (in today's Benin). President Emmanuel Macron of France has voiced his support for the return of such objects and ...
The Film Development Council of the Philippines will screen international films in select cinemas nationwide this March through "A Curation of World Cinema." ...
The artefacts are airlifted back to Benin, where they're met with fervent celebration — and yet a murky undercurrent eddies just beneath the spectacle. Dahomey's second half mostly comprises an ...
“Dahomey” by Mati Diop (France, Senegal, Benin) Diop became the first-ever Black filmmaker to win the Berlinale Golden Bear in 2024 with her follow-up to 2019’s highly acclaimed “Atlantics.
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