Yes. More sad than 82% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does Dahomey end with hope?

Yes. More hopeful than 81% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Not especially. Less violent than 64% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Dahomey easy watching?

Somewhat. More comforting than 62% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Dahomey

Name: Dahomey
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2024
Duration: 68 min
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Lucrèce Hougbelo, Parfait Vaiayinon, Didier Sedoha Nassangade, Sabine Badjogoumin, Dowoti Desir

Directed by Mati Diop

Produced by Les Films du Bal, Fanta Sy

202468 min6.5 / 10

A visually rich, intellectually engaged meditation on colonial theft, cultural reclamation, and the spiritual weight of repatriated artifacts told through the voices of historians, students, and the objects themselves.

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.

Clusters

Reflective Life Stories Movies About Artists Middle East and Africa Historical Events & Legacy

Genres

Documentary

Keywords

African History African Art Benin

Questions people ask

Is Dahomey sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.
Does Dahomey end with hope? Yes. More hopeful than 81% of films.
Is Dahomey violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.
Is Dahomey easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 62% of films.
Is Dahomey scary? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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