Mati Diop's documentary on the restitution of 26 colonial works to Benin won the top award at the Berlin International Film Festival. Other surprising picks were among the winners of the Silver Bears.
"Dahomey", a documentary by Franco-Senegalese director Mati Diop probing the thorny issues surrounding Europe s return of looted antiquities to Africa, won the Berlin film festival s top prize Saturday.
The documentary "Dahomey" by French-born director Mati Diop about the return of looted African art has won the Golden Bear, the top prize as best film of the Berlin film festival Berlinale, the jury announced Saturday evening in the German capital. In her documentary, Diop, who has Senegalese roots, accompanies 26 statues on their journey from France to their country of origin, today's Benin. The experimental documentary film captivates with poetic passages - for example, one of the looted treas
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