DAHOMEY
Saturday, April 26 at 12 pm
HMAAC presents a special screening of the critically acclaimed documentary, DAHOMEY. Thousands of royal artifacts of Dahomey, a West African kingdom, were taken by French colonists in the 19th century for collection and display in Paris. Centuries later, a fraction returned to their home in modern-day Benin. This dramatized documentary follows the journey of 26 of the treasures as told by cultural art historians, embattled university students, and one of the repatriated statues himself.
iT WAS ALL A DREAM
Saturday, March 29 at 12 pm
The Houston Museum of African American Culture (HMAAC) is rounding out Women's History Month with a deep dive into the golden era of hip-hop through the lens of prolific hip-hop journalist, dream hampton. From the personal archives of journalist and filmmaker dream hampton, this visual ode to the golden era of hip-hop provides intimate access to some of rap’s greatest minds, including dream herself.