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Simon Moutaïrou Pushes Boundaries With Studiocanal-Backed French Slavery Drama ‘No Chains, No Masters' + First Int'l Deals

EXCLUSIVE: French screenwriter and director Simon Moutaïrou spent summers as a teenager in his father's native country of Benin in West Africa. Etched on his memory from this time are the trips to its ...
Variety

‘Furcy,’ Star-Packed Film Inspired by True Story of French Colony Slave’s Emancipation, Lands at France TV Distribution (EXCLUSIVE)

France TV Distribution has acquired “Furcy,” an epic film inspired by the true story of a slave in a French colony who was able to achieve legal emancipation prior to the definitive abolition of ...
The Hollywood Reporter

‘Dahomey’ Director Mati Diop Would Like to See France Return More Looted African Art

Diop's documentary, screening at the Berlin Film Festival, follows 26 artifacts, which were looted in the 19th century from the kingdom of Dahomey, as they return to Benin from France. By Mia Galuppo ...