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The journey of 26 plundered royal treasures from the Kingdom of Dahomey exhibited in Paris, now being returned to Benin. Diop artistically voices a new generation's demands.

A cynical Welsh hotel owner secretly romances a diplomat's wife in Haiti, under the violent reign of the despot "Papa Doc" Duvalier.

In the streets of Paris, Juste collects the last memory of people only he can see, before helping them into the afterlife. Juste is a ghost. But one day Agathe recognizes him. She knew him when he was alive.

When the slave boats docked in the Americas, Cuba and the Caribbean, hundreds of cultures and religions came with the Africans but only one survived the plantations. To date, the most pronounced African Culture of the Diasporas remains the culture of the Yoruba. From Brazil to Trinidad, the United States to Cuba, Haiti and the entire Caribbean, this West African culture dominates all other Cultures of Africa and could be said to have survived the plantations for hundreds of years. Bigger Than Africa follows the trans-Atlantic slave trade route from West Africa to six different countries-- USA, Nigeria, Brazil, Republic of Benin, Trinidad and Tobago and Cuba-- to explore and find reasons for the survival of this particular West African Culture.

A meditative exploration of Ganvié, Africa's largest stilt village located in the center of Benin's Lake Nokoué. The film floats through the lives of fishermen, mothers, and schoolchildren examining their love for their home, despite the difficulties brought by the lake's pollution.

This documentary explores the issue of child trafficking in Cotonou, Benin.

Oseye, a young Beninese America girl, who recently moved back to Benin with her Beninese mother has to now find a way to balance her old life with this new unfamiliar world.

Portraits of contemporary African women from four West African nations: Burkina Faso, Mali, Senegal and Benin.

The documentary follows legendary photographer Albert Watson on his most recent photo project to Benin, West Africa.