Dahomey

Shown as part of the French Film Festival "A daring meditation on the painful legacy of looted artifacts. Mati Diop examines the fate of 26 treasures — sometimes from their point of view — looted from Benin in 1892." — New York Times Thousands of royal artifacts of Dahomey, a West African kingdom, were taken by French colonists in the 19th century for collection and display in Paris. Centuries later, a fraction returned to their home in modern-day Benin. This dramatized documentary follows the journey of 26 of the treasures as told by cultural art historians, embattled university students, and one of the repatriated statues himself.DocumentaryPT1H8M2025-02-18

Lucrèce Hougbelo

Parfait Vaiayinon

Didier Sedoha Nassangade

Mati Diop

Judith Lou Lévy

Eve Robin

Dahomey"Dahomey"

Showtimes

February 18, 7:00 pm