Event Details
Reel-Time Theaters, Ramstein Main Exchange
Bldg 3336 (GPS: Esso Station right outside West Gate)
(Must have base access)
UMGC in Europe Presents: Screened History: Global Pasts in Francophone Films Festival series
Screened History is a film series curated by UMGC Professor Dr. Michael Mulvey consisting of 6 films that challenge viewers to think about complicated and diverse pasts. The festival reflects on how francophone filmmakers intentionally construct pasts and make arguments about the past for audiences. How do filmmakers educate viewers via staging, authenticity claims, and archival evidence about pasts? The festival includes documentary formats and fictionalized dramaturgies, allowing audiences to consider how filmmakers visualize historical narratives. The proposed films deal with complex issues from slavery and resistance to colonization and decolonization.
This series is presented in partnership with the Albertine Cinémathèque 2025–2026 Film Festival season. Albertine Cinémathèque is part of the French For All initiative by Villa Albertine, the French Institute for Culture and Education, and the Albertine Foundation, with support from the Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée (CNC).
Tickets: This no-cost event is hosted by the University of Maryland Global Campus in Europe and is open to anyone with access to Ramstein Air Base. Tickets are limited.
To guarantee your seats, please RSVP using the link below before 1700 on the day of the film, and plan to arrive at the theater at least 10 minutes before showtime.
Title: DAHOMEY
Time: Thursday, 5 February at 1830
Location: Reel-Time Theaters, Ramstein Main Exchange
Trailer: https://youtu.be/uUi718ZBH0c?si=8dSQZq4QyEp1Ndct
Summary:
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.
For questions, please contact Dr. Michael Mulvey at Michael.Mulvey@umgc.edu .
RSVP Link: https://forms.office.com/r/2dLCyjtgiv