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Dahomey (Theaters)

Mati Diop takes Berlinale's top prize for this provocative documentary about cultural heritage

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Gabriel Frieberg
Oct 25, 2024
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What’s it about? The journey of 26 plundered royal treasures from the Kingdom of Dahomey exhibited in Paris, now being returned to Benin. Diop artistically voices a new generation's demands.

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