DEADLINE: Mati, in an Instagram post, you said that the company will aim to highlight "the emergence of new filmic writing" from the African continent. What does that mean? DIOP: That means ...

Mati Diop speaks on her documentary “Dahomey,” which explores the concept of restitution through the story of 26 artifacts ...

The director observes the repatriation of 26 royal treasures to Benin from France in a short yet artful feature.

Shirley Maclaine tells us all about her legendary life, filmmaker Mati Diop speaks on her new doc “Dahomey,” and André ...

Looted by French colonial forces from the Kingdom of Dahomey (1600–1904), these represent just a fraction of some 7,000 ...

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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 ...

Mati Diop cuts a striking figure. This thoughtful filmmaker plunges into her subject matter with curiosity and a sense of moral responsibility. Recall her remarkable narrative feature debut ...

Mati Diop’s new documentary, Dahomey, is a dreamy little piece of observation, quietly brimming with old-school Negritude and faith in the power of objects. Her ostensible protagonists are not ...

“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 ...

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.” ...