Dahomey – 7
A meditation/symposium on the subject of art repatriation, in this case from France’s Musee du Quai Branly to the Republic of Benin, not to be confused with the Kingdom of Benin from which the British looted art in 1897, five years after the French appropriated the objects at issue here from the Kingdom of Dahomey (renamed “Benin” in 1975). Director Mati Diop gives a voice to Object 26 then raises multiple issues through a discussion of university students. She offers no answers but expands our understanding with sympathetic portrayals of the Beninese people.
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