Dahomey

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Director :

Mati Diop

Cast :

Lucrèce HougbeloParfait VaiayinonDidier Sedoha NassangadeSabine BadjogouminDowoti DesirMicheline AyinonBicarel GnikpoNadia Vihoutou KponadouCarlos OunsouganSaturnin Olou

Genre :

Documentary

Release :

2024-09-11

Description :

Thousands of royal artifacts of Dahomey, a West African kingdom, were taken by French colonists in the 19th century for collection and display in Paris. Centuries later, a fraction returned to their home in modern-day Benin. This dramatized documentary follows the journey of 26 of the treasures as told by cultural art historians, embattled university students, and one of the repatriated statues himself.