Hay Literary Festival: Jesse Armstrong Among Headliners Of Inaugural Cinema Lineup, Screening Programme Includes ‘Dahomey', ‘Priscilla' & ‘The Worst Person In The W…
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Dahomey, from director Mati Diop, tracks the homeward journey of artefacts stolen from Benin 130 years ago
This is not a simple documentary about the repatriation of precious artefacts. Director Mati Diop literally gives her country's royal treasures a voice in this rich and eerie film.
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Dahomey, from director Mati Diop, tracks the homeward journey of artefacts stolen from Benin 130 years ago
These artefacts are "royal treasures", an early title card in Mati Diop's documentary Dahomey informs us, that were pilfered from the kingdom of Dahomey by French colonisers in an 1892 invasion.