Dahomey | LUX Audience Awards
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Celebration
Start date
Fri, Mar 07 06:30 PM
End date
Fri, Mar 07 08:00 PM
Address / City
58 Park Ave New York
Location
NY, US
See the two of the shortlisted finalists for this year’s LUX Audience Awards this season at Scandinavia House! On March 7 we’ll be screening Dahomey, Mati Diop’s riveting documentary about the 2021 repatriation of royal treasures from the Kingdom of Dahomey to the present-day Republic of Benin.
In November 2021, 26 royal treasures of the Kingdom of Dahomey are about to leave Paris to return to their country of origin, the present-day Republic of Benin. Along with thousands of others, these artefacts were plundered by French colonial troops in 1892. But what attitude should the Beninese adopt to their homecoming, in a country that had to forge ahead in their absence? The debate rages among students at the University of Abomey-Calavi.
“Open-ended, fecund with imagination and ideas, never hectoring or lecturing, not so much posing questions as asking what questions might be posed: Mati Diop’s film is a marvelous provocation” (Deadline).
This event has been organized by the European Parliament in partnership with Scandinavia House.
In November 2021, 26 royal treasures of the Kingdom of Dahomey are about to leave Paris to return to their country of origin, the present-day Republic of Benin. Along with thousands of others, these artefacts were plundered by French colonial troops in 1892. But what attitude should the Beninese adopt to their homecoming, in a country that had to forge ahead in their absence? The debate rages among students at the University of Abomey-Calavi.
“Open-ended, fecund with imagination and ideas, never hectoring or lecturing, not so much posing questions as asking what questions might be posed: Mati Diop’s film is a marvelous provocation” (Deadline).
This event has been organized by the European Parliament in partnership with Scandinavia House.
Organizer
Scandinavia House
Phone
212.779.3587
Email
info@amscan.org
