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Dahomey | Post-Screening Discussion at FilmScene
Feb 5, 2025
07:00 PM - 09:00 PM
404 East College Street, Iowa City, IA 52240
Curator of African Art, Cory Gundlach and UI Professor Anny-Dominique Curtius will be part of a post-screening discussion of the documentary Dahomey.
- Pre-screening meal: 6:15 PM
- Showitme: 7:00 PM
- Post-screening discussion: 8:15 PM
The latest 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. Winner of the coveted Golden Bear prize at the 2024 Berlinale, the documentary is an affecting though altogether singular conversation piece that is as spellbinding as it is essential.
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