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DAHOMEY

Dates with showtimes for DAHOMEY
  • Thu, Jan 9
  • Sat, Jan 11

Director: Mati Diop Run Time: 68 min. Release Year: 2024 Language: French

Starring: Gildas Adannou, Habib Ahandessi, Imelda Batamoussi, Joséa Guedje

In 2021, 26 objects from the Kingdom of Dahomey leave Paris and are returned to present-day Benin. How should these art treasures, stolen from ancestors, be received in a country which has reinvented itself in their absence? Winner of the Golden Bear at the 2024 Berlinale, Mati Diop’s dynamic film brings a dazzling sense of imagination to vital issues of self-determination and restitution. Amplifying voices from beyond the walls of international museums, this spellbinding work redefines the spaces of culture and art.

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