Senegal has selected French-Senegalese filmmaker Mati Diop’s Golden Bear-winning contemporary doc Dahomey as its submission for Best International Feature Film at the 97th Academy Awards.
Dahomey had its North American premiere at TIFF this week. The film will have its U.S. bow this weekend at the Camden International Film Festival before screening at the New York Film Festival in October.
Diop’s second feature film, Dahomey borrows its name from the former West African kingdom of Dahomey, located in the south of today’s Republic of Benin.
It was founded in the 17th century by King Houegbadja. Under his reign and that of his descendants — a three-century dynasty — the kingdom was a considerable regional power, with a highly structured local economy, a centralized administration, a system of taxes, and a powerful army, including the famous Amazon women (Agodjié).
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