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Dahomey

Release Date:October 25, 2024

Running Time:68 min

Genres:Documentary

Director

Cast

Lucrèce Hougbelo Parfait Vaiayinon Didier Sedoha Nassangade Sabine Badjogoumin Dowoti Desir Micheline Ayinon Bicarel Gnikpo Nadia Vihoutou Kponadou Carlos Ounsougan Saturnin Olou Michael Vogbe Pricette Zannou

Top billed cast (via TMDB).

Synopsis

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.

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