A long-silent voice from a distant past — eerie and reverberating — awakens in the climate-controlled, antiseptic chambers of a Paris museum. The forum through which this entity communicates to us is ...
Mati Diop’s Berlinale-winning film will also screen in Toronto and New York before opening in theaters on Oct. 18. By Etan Vlessing Canada Bureau Chief The film tracks the return of 26 royal African ...
“Dahomey” packs a lot of introspection and heart into its brisk 68 minutes. Actor-director Mati Diop’s documentary chronicles the transfer of 26 royal treasures from an exhibition in Paris’s Musée du ...
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 26 royal ...
A new ruler of the former military kingdom of Dahomey in modern-day Benin was designated on Saturday, after the death of the previous monarch, last year. Dah Sagbadjou Glele succeeds Dah Dedjalagni ...
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. Their ...
"It's a purely political event. It's in no way historic." Mubi has unveiled an official trailer for a film called Dahomey, the latest from French-Senegalese filmmaker known for her previous film ...
In Mati Diop’s “Dahomey,” the spoils of war speak. “As far back as I can go,” says a raspy yet reverberant voice over a black screen, “there has never been a night so deep and opaque.” These are the ...
Oscars: Senegal Submits Mati Diop’s Golden Bear Winner ‘Dahomey’ For International Feature Film Race
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 had ...
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 ...
BERLIN, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 18: Mati Diop attends the "Dahomey" premiere during the 74th Berlinale International Film Festival Berlin at Berlinale Palast on February 18, 2024 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo ...
A long-silent voice from a distant past — eerie and reverberating — awakens in the climate-controlled, antiseptic chambers of a Paris museum. The forum through which this entity communicates to us is ...
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