DAHOMEY Got It Right!
My thoughts on the Mati Diop film Dahomey, and its cultural relevance in the United States today.
Shortly after I touched down in Columbia to work on a new independent film I started receiving Instagram DMs from friends and family about another independent film simply called DAHOMEY.
Some of you may recall that as soon as I released my book Da Homey in Modern Dahomey in 2022 the trailer for the movie The Woman King immediately came out along with the…