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Stopover in Dahomey (1968)

Stopover in Dahomey poster
Directed by
Pascal Abikanlou
Country
Benin
Runtime
26 min

How it feels

This documentary short film shows daily life and culture in Dahomey, now Benin, in 1968. It was made by a Beninese director as one of his early works.

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What happens

Escale au Dahomey est un film dahoméen réalisé par Pascal Abikanlou et sorti en 1968. C'est le deuxième film du réalisateur, qui est l'auteur de plusieurs documentaires et du premier long-métrage de fiction du Bénin. C'est un court-métrage documentaire en couleur de 26 minutes tourné en 16 mm. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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