Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd vs Dahomey
Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.6/10 for Dahomey). Dahomey is the shorter watch at 1h 8m compared with 1h 29m. Dahomey is the older of the two (2024 against 2025). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd
Dahomey| Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd | Dahomey | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.6/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 29m | 1h 8m |
| Genres | Crime, Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | United Kingdom | – |
| Director | Kwabena Oppong | Mati Diop |
| Main cast | – | Lucrèce Hougbelo, Parfait Vaiayinon, Didier Sedoha Nassangade, Sabine Badjogoumin, Dowoti Desir |
Synopsis
Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd
Five years since the murder of George Floyd – the police killing that set America on fire with rage and sparked a wave of protests around the world, director Kwabena Oppong's film explores one of the most important and defining events in modern history. Featuring ground-breaking interviews with members of George Floyd’s family, the Minneapolis Police Chief who took the bold step of testifying against one of his own officers, Boris Johnson’s…
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.
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