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Fowler Films: "Dahomey"

Fowler Films: "Dahomey"
The Fowler Museum at UCLA
308 Charles E Young Dr N
Los Angeles, California 90024
Saturday, November 15, 2025 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Free

In "Dahomey," acclaimed filmmaker Mati Diop offers a poetic and thought-provoking meditation on the 2021 repatriation of 26 royal artifacts from France to the Republic of Benin. Archival footage, vérité-style observation, and imagined dialogue address the emotional, political, and cultural dimensions of restitution.

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