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a more experimental dramatised story than traditional doc. its about the return of 26 artefacts stolen by colonial France from Dahomey a kingdom in West Africa to modern day Benin.
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Jun 17, 2025

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saw this a while back at the london film fest about the repatriation of artefacts to benin. the debate scenes were great - really interesting way to show the impassioned responses of people from all sides to the return of the statues
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