DAHOMEY Documentary Movie

DAHOMEY Documentary Movie

DAHOMEY Movie Trailer HD - Plot synopsis: From acclaimed filmmaker Mati Diop (Atlantics), Dahomey is a poetic and immersive documentary film that delves into real perspectives on far-reaching issues surrounding appropriation, self-determination and restitution.

Set in November 2021, the film charts 26 royal treasures from the Kingdom of Dahomey that are due to leave Paris and return to their country of origin: the present-day Republic of Benin.

Using multiple perspectives Diop questions how these artifacts should be received in a country that has reinvented itself in their absence.

Winner of the Golden Bear prize at the 2024 Berlinale, Dahomey is an affecting though altogether singular conversation piece that is as spellbinding as it is essential.

Dahomey is directed by French-Senegalese filmmaker Mati Diop