'Dahomey' Review: Mati Diop's Exquisitely Strange Restitution Doc - Variety
WEBFeb 18, 2024 · Inserting an inquisitive, imaginative intelligence into this key moment in the troubled timeline of post-imperial cultural politics, French-Senegalese director Mati Diop fashions her superb, short...
The Real Warriors Behind ‘The Woman King’ - Smithsonian Magazine
WEBSep 15, 2022 · As historian Robin Law notes, Dahomey emerged as a key player in the trafficking of West Africans between the 1680s and early 1700s, selling its captives to European traders whose presence and...
'Dahomey' Review: Mati Diop's Stirring Account of Cultural …
WEBFeb 18, 2024 · The director of ‘Atlantics,’ Mati Diop, shifts her gaze from Senegal to Benin in 'Dahomey,' a docu-fiction viewing art as a repository for memory.
‘Dahomey’ Wins Top Prize at Berlin International Film Festival
WEBFeb 24, 2024 · The top prize at this year’s Berlin International Film Festival was given to “Dahomey,” a documentary by the French Senegalese filmmaker Mati Diop about 26 looted artworks that were returned to...
Mati Diop’s ‘Dahomey’ Wins Berlin Film Festival’s Golden Bear …
WEBFeb 24, 2024 · After her breakthrough feature “Atlantics” turned heads in 2019, filmmaker Mati Diop has again scored accolades with “Dahomey,” which just emerged victorious as the winner of the 2024 Golden...
Mati Diop On Her Berlin Competition Title ‘Dahomey’ - Deadline
WEBFeb 18, 2024 · The doc — which screens in the Berlinale competition this afternoon — borrows its name from the former West African kingdom of Dahomey, located in the south of today’s Republic of Benin.
‘Dahomey’ Review: Mati Diop Documentary Offers ... - Deadline
WEBFeb 18, 2024 · Dahomey is French-Senegalese filmmaker Mati Diop’s response to this event. It is a heady mix of sometimes contradictory approaches: a documentary record showing the process of packing, sending ...
Mati Diop Talks 'Dahomey' - Variety
WEBFeb 18, 2024 · Launching in competition in Berlin, Mati Diop ’s “ Dahomey ” traces the path of 26 royal treasures purloined by French soldiers in 1892 and restituted to the country of Benin in 2021.
Mati Diop Talks Art Restitution Doc Dahomey: Berlin
WEBFeb 18, 2024 · Mati Diop talks her documentary that follows 26 artifacts, which were looted from the kingdom of Dahomey, as they return to Benin from France.
'Dahomey' Trailer: Mati Diop's Oscar Frontrunner Doc on …
WEBSep 10, 2024 · Mati Diop is an early Oscar frontrunner with documentary “ Dahomey ” about the return of Benin-based artwork from French colonizers. Set in November 2021, the Golden Bear-winning film charts ...