Images of Africa + Cinema Club

January Cinema Club

Saturday, January 11 at 11:00am

Cinema Club Moderator Megan Feeney will be in conversation following the screening with Dr. Laura Kalba, Associate Professor in the Department of Art History at the University of Minnesota. Her research and teaching focus on the history of fine, decorative and commercial arts in Europe and its empires in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Presented in partnership with Black Europe Film Festival taking place January 30-February 2.

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ABOUT THE FILM

From acclaimed filmmaker Mati Diop (Atlantics), Dahomey is a poetic and immersive documentary that delves into real perspectives on far-reaching issues surrounding appropriation, self-determination and restitution.

Set in November 2021, the film charts 26 royal treasures from the Kingdom of Dahomey that are due to leave Paris and return to their country of origin: the present-day Republic of Benin. Using multiple perspectives, Diop questions how these artifacts should be received in a country that has reinvented itself in their absence.

Winner of the coveted Golden Bear prize at the 2024 Berlinale, Dahomey is an affecting though altogether singular conversation piece that is as spellbinding as it is essential. 

ABOUT IMAGES OF AFRICA

A screening series celebrating Minnesota's African Diaspora community through the lens of international cinema. Images of Africa is presented by MSP Film and is funded in part by MN Humanities Center with with money from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund that was created with the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008.