Yoshida Daihachi’s black and white drama Teki Cometh dominated the awards ceremony of the Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) today (November 6), winning the grand prix and the prizes for best ...

Her first feature since 2019’s rather startling magical-neo-colonial melodrama, Atlantics, Diop’s doc leaves much unsaid for ...

I've always been a history nerd, but it wasn't until I started working at The Conversation that I really caught the medieval ...

Nov. 22, 2023 At only 68 minutes, “Dahomey” brims with plenty of perspectives on what the restitution of these ancient ...

Silver drachma minted in Massalia (Marseilles, France) circa 350-220 BC. Credit: Jastrow/Wikimedia Commons The first ancient Greek colonies were established as early as the 8th century BC, while wide ...

Filmmaker Mati Diop’s documentary Dahomey examines the complex idea of restitution. It looks at the return of 26 objects that originated from the Kingdom of Dahomey as they travel from Paris to ...

The documentary film "Dahomey" is a story of return, the restitution of stolen royal treasures. The 26 artifacts were among thousands taken by French colonial troops in the late 19th century from the ...

Credit: Mattpopovich / CC0 / Wikimedia Commons The division of people into various social classes is a persistent feature across civilizations and was no less the case in ancient Greece where social ...