For her first feature-length directorial effort, Atlantics, writer/director Mati Diop told a saga of love and ghosts. Specifically, she wove a yarn set in Dakar about Ada (Mame Bineta Sane) and ...

She spliced shots of liminal spaces and moments of solitude with footage of priceless Beninese statues and artworks, looted by the French during the invasion of the Kingdom of Dahomey in the late ...

By Elian Peltier Reporting from Abomey and Cotonou, Benin. Throughout the movie “Dahomey,” the eerie voice of a 19th century West African king emerges from the depths of history.

In Mati Diop’s “Dahomey,” the spoils of war speak. “As far back as I can go,” says a raspy yet reverberant voice over a black screen, “there has never been a night so deep and opaque.” ...

Winner of the prestigious Golden Bear prize at this year’s Berlinale, French auteur Mati Diop’s sophomore feature, Dahomey, is a film that invites questioning. Following the repatriation of 26 ...

The forum through which this entity communicates to us is Mati Diop’s “Dahomey.” The French Senegalese filmmaker returns with a rich and absorbing exploration of the specter of colonialism ...

“Dahomey” packs a lot of introspection and heart into its brisk 68 minutes. Actor-director Mati Diop’s documentary chronicles the transfer of 26 royal treasures from an exhibition in Paris ...

Disorientation awaits in the brilliant, bracing documentary Dahomey. In a world of endless running times, the film says what it wants in little more than an hour, mostly with calm, functional ...

The forum through which this entity communicates to us is Mati Diop’s “Dahomey.” The French Senegalese filmmaker returns with a rich and absorbing exploration of the specter of colonialism ...