At only 68 minutes, “Dahomey” brims with plenty of perspectives on what the restitution of these ancient treasures symbolizes and the dicey political implications around it.

A conversation-starter of a film by director Mati Diop, this brief but complex examination of a France-to-Africa transfer of ancient art asks: Who benefits?

The Village Voice review of the new documentary "Dahomey" finds that museum art handlers appreciate ... African or otherwise — they’re a set of 26 ancient Dahomian “treasures,” art ...

On Jan. 20, 1894, Béhanzin, the 11th ruler of Dahomey — the kingdom in the area today known as Benin — stood before his subjects, fully aware it would be for the last time. Soon he would surrender ...

In 2021, 26 treasures that French colonial troops had pillaged from the African kingdom of Dahomey in 1892 made the long journey home from a museum in Paris to what is now the Republic of Benin.

A scene from "Dahomey." Les Films du Bal The character of 26 speaks in Fon, its native tongue and the language it would have spoken when it was taken more than 130 years ago in the war against France.

“Dahomey” depicts these moments with a delicate mix of respect and intimacy. ... They have put Benin’s ancient and contemporary art scenes on the map of West Africa’s thriving art ecosystem.

Senegal has selected French-Senegalese filmmaker Mati Diop’s Golden Bear-winning contemporary doc Dahomey as its submission for Best International Feature Film at the 97th Academy Awards ...

“Dahomey,” “Ernest Cole: Lost and Found,” “The Remarkable Life of Ibelin,” “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat” and “Sugarcane” are among the 20 nonfiction films that have made the ...

At only 68 minutes, “Dahomey” brims with plenty of perspectives on what the restitution of these ancient treasures symbolizes and the dicey political implications around it.