BHM Movie Nights- Dahomey
NK1 - New Kings Room 1,
Free
Aberdeen Students' Union
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Join us for a screening of Dahomey (2024) — a powerful reflection on colonialism, cultural restitution, and the return of stolen art from France to Benin. Free and open to all.
Join us for a screening of Dahomey (2024), a compelling documentary by Mati Diop exploring the return of 26 royal treasures looted by French colonial forces in 1892 to the Republic of Benin.
Through the voices of young Beninese people, the film interrogates questions of cultural ownership, colonial legacy, and the politics of restitution. Dahomey is both poetic and political. A meditation on identity, history, and the power of reclaiming what was stolen.
📍 NK1
Free and open to all.
Part of AUSA’s Black History Month film series