Dahomey

Dahomey

Les Films du Bal / Fanta Sy

VERDICT: Mati Diop’s thought-provokingly cerebral-poetic documentary follows the return of 26 looted cultural artefacts and their welcome home to Benin, encompassing the celebrations as well as larger debates around colonialization and how to reintegrate such potently spiritual objects into a society 130 years after they were plundered.

Objects have lives. We invest them with meaning, pouring parts of ourselves into inanimate things so
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