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Dahomey

Opens on January 22

Director: Mati Diop Run Time: 68 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2024 Language: French with English subtitles

Starring: Gildas Adannou, Habib Ahandessi, Imelda Batamoussi, Joséa Guedje

From acclaimed filmmaker Mati Diop (Atlantics), DAHOMEY is a poetic and immersive documentary that delves into real perspectives on far-reaching issues surrounding appropriation, self-determination and restitution. Set in November 2021, the film charts 26 royal treasures from the Kingdom of Dahomey that are due to leave Paris and return to their country of origin: the present-day Republic of Benin. Using multiple perspectives, Diop questions how these artifacts should be received in a country that has reinvented itself in their absence. – MUBI

Double Feature with OMEN

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