Dahomey (PG)

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Friday 29th November - Wednesday 4th December

Dir. Mati Diop, France/ Senegal, 2024, 68 mins. In French and English with English subtitles. With. Gildas Adannou, Habib Ahandessi, Joséa Guedje.

From acclaimed filmmaker Mati Diop (Atlantics), Dahomey is a poetic and immersive work of art that delves into real perspectives on far-reaching issues surrounding appropriation, self-determination and restitution. Set in November 2021, the documentary 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 artefacts should be received in a country that has reinvented itself in their absence. Winner of the coveted Golden Bear prize at the 2024 Berlinale, Dahomey is an affecting though altogether singular conversation piece that is as spellbinding as it is essential.

“Invigorating and enlivening… An interrogative reverie about colonialism, culture, the past and the present” The Guardian

“Strange, captivating and rigorously intellectual… Leaves a mighty impression” Time Out

“Electrifying… A bewitching work of speculative documentary” Sight & Sound

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 Friday 29th Nov  6:00pm
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 Saturday 30th Nov  8:00pm
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 Wednesday 4th Dec  8:30pm
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