Mati Diop's hybrid doc 'Dahomey' gives voice to stolen African artifacts, exploring the tragic legacy of colonialism
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In 2021, 26 treasures pillaged by French colonial troops from the African kingdom of Dahomey in 1892 were repatriated from a Paris museum to the Republic of Benin, the subject of Diop's film
'Dahomey' won the Golden Bear at Berlin and is Senegal's Oscar submission for best international film, cementing Diop as a rising auteur exploring the impact of colonialism through a unique cinematic lens