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Dahomey | France, Senegal | 2024 | DCP | 68 min. | French with English subtitles Director: Mati Diop

Event Details

Date
Thursday, November 21, 2024
Time
7 p.m.
Location
4070 Vilas Hall
Description
After a century in France, 26 royal treasures plundered from the Kingdom of Dahomey return to their African home in present-day Benin. Atlantics director Mati Diop’s visionary documentary considers this act of repatriation from myriad perspectives, including, in a surreal touch, that of the statues themselves.
Cost
Free

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