Dahomey

Mati Diop’s brisk, thoughtful documentary considers the limited yet necessary good done through restitution.

Beautiful, melancholy and intellectually stimulating, “Dahomey” is a documentary that should be seen by all.

...a blueprint for anti-colonialist action.

With its focus on looted African art, Mati Diop’s captivating, fabulistic documentary Dahomey confronts the reality of how modernity has been shaped by the West’s theft of cultural heritage

...the agile poetry and formal playfulness of Mati Diop’s exquisite hybrid documentary belies the weight and wealth of ideas within.

...does feel like a story that is more about the present and the future of Africa than its past.