Culture& invites students that attended this event to submit a visual interpretation and/or written review responding to the two films being screened. Two submissions will be selected. Each selected student will receive a £250 bursary. Submission deadline: 16 April 2026.
How to Apply: Culture& Unhomely screening review call out
Event Recap
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The event involved the screening of You Hide Me (Nii Kwate Owoo, 1970, 17min) & Dahomey (Mati Diop, 2024, 68min), a panel discussion with Dr Errol Francis, Gabriella Gay and Jessica Longmore, and Q&A. Culture& would like to thank everyone that joined us on 11 March at the Double-bill film screening at University of Staffordshire that kicked off our Unhomely programme that explores diaspora, migration and belonging. Special thanks to Jessica Longmore and Gabriella Gay from Kwanzaa Collective for making this event possible. Students, alumni and staff of University of Staffordshire and Keele University watched ‘You Hide Me’ by Nii Kwate Owoo, 1970, and ‘Dahomey’ by Mati Diop, 2024 – two documentaries on the appropriation and repatriation of African art and artefacts.
Student Response from the Event
The panel discussion after the screening comprised of Dr Errol Francis, Culture&’s Artistic Director Gabriella Gay , Director of Kwanzaa Collective UK and Jessica Longmore, Senior Lecturer Digital, Tech, Innovation & Business at University of Staffordshire. The discussion was then opened up to the audiences, who shared their unique insights on their experiences of feeling at home or not at home, as well as their relationship to Staffordshire. A short video recap of the discussion will be shared soon. We would like to invite all students to submit a creative response or written review of the documentaries, link in bio. Photographer and Graphic Designer of ‘The Unhomely’ logo: Juliet Gyan. Roving mic/facilitator: David Adebiyi
Event Details
The event will involve the screening of You Hide Me (Nii Kwate Owoo, 1970, 17min) & Dahomey (Mati Diop, 2024, 68min), a panel discussion with Dr Errol Francis, Gabriella Gay and Jessica Longmore, and Q&A.
You Hide Me (Nii Kwate Owoo, 1970, 17min)
Banned for anti-British sentiment even in recently liberated Ghana, this short casts essential light on African art’s histories of circulation and exhibition. Illuminating the myriad hypocrisies of colonial forces, Nii Kwate Owoo’s radical show-and-tell unambiguously calls for immediate restitution.
This short film casts essential light on African art’s histories of circulation and exhibition and retention in European museums, particularly the British Museum.
Dahomey (Mati Diop, 2024, 68min)
From acclaimed filmmaker Mati Diop (Atlantics), DAHOMEY is a poetic and immersive work of art that delves into real perspectives on far-reaching issues surrounding appropriation, self-determination and restitution. Set in November 2021, the documentary charts 26 royal treasures from the Kingdom of Dahomey that are due to leave Paris and return to their country of origin: the present-day Republic of Benin. Using multiple perspectives Diop questions how these artifacts should be received in a country that has reinvented itself in their absence. Winner of the coveted Golden Bear prize at the 2024 Berlinale, DAHOMEY is an affecting though altogether singular conversation piece that is as spellbinding as it is essential.
Photography & Audio Recording Notice
Culture& will be taking photos and/or film footage at this event. These images might be used by Culture& in printed and online publicity. If you would prefer not to be photographed, please speak to one of Culture&’s member of staff or contact Culture& on info@cultureand.org.
Audio Recording
Culture& will be recording the audio of the panel discussion and Q&A section of the event. This material will be made public on our website and social media channels. If you have any comments on the audio recording, please contact Culture& on info@cultureand.org