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'Dahomey' wins Tokyo film festival's ethical award with probe into looted African treasures
TOKYO --French director Mati Diop's documentary "Dahomey," which examines the colonialism forced on West Africa, won the ...
‘Dahomey’ Celebrated Looted Art’s Return. What Happened Next?
Since the documentary’s cameras stopped rolling, plans for a new museum to showcase the treasures have stalled, and the ...
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Review: In sharp documentary ‘Dahomey,’ African art returns home, but colonialism still stings
The forum through which this entity communicates to us is Mati Diop’s “Dahomey.” The French Senegalese filmmaker returns with ...
Dahomey: timely repatriation documentary gives a literal voice to Benin’s stolen objects
The film restores the agency of the objects at the heart of the Dahomey restitution case by transforming them into a living ...
Mati Diop’s Dahomey: A poetic inquiry into cultural restitution and identity
Winner of the prestigious Golden Bear prize at this year’s Berlinale, French auteur Mati Diop’s sophomore feature, Dahomey, ...
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Mati Diop on Dahomey and Decolonial Documentary
An interview with Dahomey director Mati Diop about her documentary that observes the repatriation of Beninese artwork ...
‘Dahomey’: Compelling, imaginative documentary tells tale of plunder and repatriation through an unusual point of view
“Dahomey” packs a lot of introspection and heart into its brisk 68 minutes. Actor-director Mati Diop’s documentary chronicles ...
‘Dahomey,’ ‘The Remarkable Life of Ibelin’ Make Shortlist for IDA Documentary Awards
Other films on the International Documentary Association's list include "Ernest Cole: Lost and Found," "Sugarcane" and ...