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Thousands of royal artifacts of Dahomey, a West African kingdom, were taken by French colonists in the 19th century for collection and display in Paris. Centuries later, a fraction returned to their home in modern-day Benin. This dramatized documentary follows the journey of 26 of the treasures as told by cultural art historians, embattled university students, and one of the repatriated statues himself.Read moreLess
Thousands of royal artifacts of Dahomey, a West African kingdom, were taken by French colonists in the 19th century for collection and display in Paris. Centuries later, a fraction returned to their home in modern-day Benin. This dramatized documentary follows the journey of 26 of the treasures as told by cultural art historians, embattled university students, and one of the repatriated statues himself.
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Thousands of royal artifacts of Dahomey, a West African kingdom, were taken by French colonists in the 19th century for collection and display in Paris. Centuries later, a fraction returned to their home in modern-day Benin. This dramatized documentary follows the journey of 26 of the treasures as told by cultural art historians, embattled university students, and one of the repatriated statues himself.
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- Producer
- Mati Diop
- Producer
- Eve Robin
- Producer
- Judith Lou Lévy
- Editor
- Gabriel Gonzalez
- Director of Photography
- Joséphine Drouin-Viallard
- Writer
- Mati Diop
- Director
- Mati Diop
- Original Music Composer
- Dean Blunt
- Original Music Composer
- Wally Badarou
- Producer
- Marco Tulio Pires