Twenty-six priceless Beninois artifacts, looted by the French, are repatriated to Benin by the French government. Filmmaker Mati Diop examines the impact of the restitution, imagining the personification of an artifact and documenting the power the treasures have on current generations of Beninois. The occasion is both monumental and penurious: Just 26 objects, out of thousands looted.
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