Since the documentary’s cameras stopped rolling, plans for a new museum to showcase the treasures have stalled, and the ...

Mati Diop examines the fate of 26 treasures — sometimes from their point of view — looted from Benin in 1892.

The forum through which this entity communicates to us is Mati Diop’s “Dahomey.” The French Senegalese filmmaker returns with ...

Mati Diop speaks on her documentary “Dahomey,” which explores the concept of restitution through the story of 26 artifacts ...

TOKYO --French director Mati Diop's documentary "Dahomey," which examines the colonialism forced on West Africa, won the ...

Her first feature since 2019’s rather startling magical-neo-colonial melodrama, Atlantics, Diop’s doc leaves much unsaid for ...

“Dahomey” packs a lot of introspection and heart into its brisk 68 minutes. Actor-director Mati Diop’s documentary chronicles ...

An interview with Dahomey director Mati Diop about her documentary that observes the repatriation of Beninese artwork ...

Dahomey is timely. It comes as debates rage on the urgent necessity of repatriating the African cultural heritage objects ...

Mati Diop's “Dahomey” centers on the repatriation of 26 stolen Beninese objects and how it could shape the African country’s future.

Winner of the prestigious Golden Bear prize at this year’s Berlinale, French auteur Mati Diop’s sophomore feature, Dahomey, ...