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Mati Diop On Her Berlin Title ‘Dahomey' Switching From Fiction To Documentary And Why France Must Do More To Return Looted Colonial-Era Art
The doc - which screens in the Berlinale competition this afternoon - borrows its name from the former West African kingdom of Dahomey ... that 26 works of art were to be returned I seized ...
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‘Dahomey' Director Mati Diop Would Like to See France Return More Looted African Art
The doc tells the story of African art that was looted in the 19th century from the kingdom of Dahomey, following 26 artifacts that were taken back to Benin from France after French president ...
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Don’t Miss the First Hybrid Mother Tongue Film Festival
Celebrate ten years of the festival with ten days of free programming Kirby Ewald For ten years, the Smithsonian’s Recovering Voices Initiative has supported an event like no other: the Mother Tongue ...