GENRE: Documentary
RATING: NR
RUNNING TIME: 1:08
RELEASE DATE: November 14, 2024
STARRING: Calixte Biah, Abdoulaye Imorou, Imelda Batamoussi, Joel Tchogbe, Gildas Adannou
DIRECTOR: Mati Diop
WRITER(S): Mati Diop
MOVIE 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.