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      Dahomey

      2024 1h 8m Documentary List
      95% 19 Reviews Tomatometer November, 2021. Twenty-six royal treasures of the Kingdom of Dahomey are about to leave Paris to return to their country of origin, the present-day Republic of Benin. Along with thousands of others, these artifacts were plundered by French colonial troops in 1892. But what attitude to adopt to these ancestors’ homecoming in a country that had to forge ahead in their absence? While the soul of the artifacts is freed, debate rages among students of the University of Abomey-Calavi. Read More Read Less

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      Pat Brown Slant Magazine Mati Diop’s captivating, fabulistic documentary Dahomey confronts the reality of how modernity has been shaped by the West’s theft of cultural heritage. Rated: 3.5/4 Feb 27, 2024 Full Review Stephen A. Russell Time Out At just over an hour, Diop’s strange, captivating and rigorously intellectual film leaves a mighty impression well beyond its compact length. Feb 27, 2024 Full Review Shubhra Gupta The Indian Express A question that deserves our attention, and the answers that emerge from it... Feb 27, 2024 Full Review Nicolás Medina Montevideo Portal / Latido Beat It is a rather weak proposal both in form and content, where its greatest merit is probably the short fictional passages giving voice to one of these treasures. [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 5/10 Mar 26, 2024 Full Review Jaime Pena Caimán Cuadernos de Cine It was not easy to get so much out of a topic that was initially so dry, so given to paternalistic dogmatism or impersonal distancing. [Full review in Spanish] Mar 6, 2024 Full Review Erick Estrada Cinegarage The interesting thing about the documentary, Mati Diop's playful choice, is that the narrator is one of the artworks being transported, the figure of a warrior. [Full review in Spanish] Mar 1, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis November, 2021. Twenty-six royal treasures of the Kingdom of Dahomey are about to leave Paris to return to their country of origin, the present-day Republic of Benin. Along with thousands of others, these artifacts were plundered by French colonial troops in 1892. But what attitude to adopt to these ancestors’ homecoming in a country that had to forge ahead in their absence? While the soul of the artifacts is freed, debate rages among students of the University of Abomey-Calavi.
      Director
      Mati Diop
      Screenwriter
      Mati Diop, Mati Diop
      Production Co
      Les Films du Bal
      Genre
      Documentary
      Original Language
      French
      Runtime
      1h 8m