It is the kingdom of Dahomey, the dominion of the great BAD-JA-HUNG, the "King of Kings," as he is styled by his loving lieges, and the seat of the slave trade. The kingdom of Dahomey boasts but ...

Donor-Advised Funds Support KQED by using your donor-advised fund to make a charitable gift. French filmmaker Mati Diop’s evocative Dahomey centers on 26 statues and cultural objects — a handful of ...

For her first feature-length directorial effort, Atlantics, writer/director Mati Diop told a saga of love and ghosts. Specifically, she wove a yarn set in Dakar about Ada (Mame Bineta Sane) and ...

Winner of the prestigious Golden Bear prize at this year’s Berlinale, French auteur Mati Diop’s sophomore feature, Dahomey, is a film that invites questioning. Following the repatriation of 26 ...

A similar compliment can be levied on Diop's vital second feature "Dahomey," a by-turns spectral, processual and realist ...

Dahomey' and 'Sugarcane,' two acclaimed documentaries vying for Oscar recognition, tackle the legacies of colonialism.

TOKYO --French director Mati Diop's documentary "Dahomey," which examines the colonialism forced on West Africa, won the Ethical Film Award at the Tokyo International Film Festival on Nov.

MUBI, the global film distributor, production company and streaming service is thrilled to announce Mati Diop’s captivating and thought-provoking documentary Dahomey will be available to ...

In the documentary Dahomey, Franco-Senegalese director Mati Diop masterfully presents an interrogative and poetic meditation on constructing national identity in the face of a colonial legacy.

Mati Diop’s documentary Dahomey, which was selected as Senegal’s official entry for best international feature film at this ...