filmica.

Dahomey

Dahomey

2024•68 min.•

FranceSenegal

★6.6(47)

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.
  • Documentary

Cast

Crew

Recommended Films

  • Dog on Trial
  • Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
  • The Hypnosis
  • Hard Truths
  • Woodwalkers
  • The Remarkable Life of Ibelin
  • Grafted
  • Việt and Nam
  • To Live, To Die, To Live Again
  • Birth
  • Picasso: A Rebel in Paris - Story of a Life and a Museum
  • The Story of a Blind Woman
  • Mars Express
  • September 5
  • Piranha 3D
  • A Little Something Extra
  • Wolfs
  • Die Hard: With a Vengeance
  • Heretic
  • Godzilla Minus One