Film Details
Set in November 2021, the documentary 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 coveted Golden Bear prize at the 2024 Berlinale, Dahomey is an affecting though altogether singular conversation piece that is as spellbinding as it is essential.
Winner of the coveted Golden Bear prize at the 2024 Berlinale, Dahomey is an affecting though altogether singular conversation piece that is as spellbinding as it is essential.
Additional Details
Screening followed by a conversation between Writer and Director Mati Diop and producer and faculty member Maureen A. Ryan, Film.
Co-presented by Columbia Maison Française and the School of the Arts.
2024 | 68 minutes | Benin, France, Senegal
Co-presented by Columbia Maison Française and the School of the Arts.
2024 | 68 minutes | Benin, France, Senegal
Location
The Katharina Otto-Bernstein Screening Room
Lenfest Center for the Arts
615 West 129th Street
New York, NY 10027
Image: Courtesy of Muby