Awards season campaigns for both are very likely. I have Nyoni’s film as Zambia’s submission for Best International Feature Film Oscar consideration. Although her debut, “I Am Not a Witch” represented the UK.
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DAHOMEY Berlinale Press Conference: Mati Diop and Team Dive into the Film’s Depths
Each of the points was discussed with a depth of emotion and intellectual rigor, reflecting the film’s ambitious aim to not only document a historic event but to provoke thought, foster healing, and inspire a reevaluation of cultural identity and heritage in the post-colonial context.
DAHOMEY Berlinale 2024 Review: In Mati Diop’s Multilayered Fantasy Documentary Statues Live On
DAHOMEY can also be seen as an imaginative extension and critique of the themes presented in STATUES ALSO DIE by Chris Marker, Alain Resnais, and Ghislain Cloquet. While the latter focuses on how African artifacts lose their cultural and spiritual significance when displayed in Western museums, stripped of their original contexts, DAHOMEY explores the potential for these artifacts to regain their “life” through the process of repatriation and recontextualization within their indigenous culture.