A Stranger Has No Eyes

A Stranger Has No Eyes (2026)

Documentary

In Benin, a descendant of one of history's most notorious slave traders publicly confronts the legacy of her own family. But when Martine de Souza unexpectedly becomes second-in-command of the powerful de Souza dynasty, she is forced to choose between protecting a legacy built on slavery or challenging it from within. Told through mesmerising Vodu ceremonies in which the enslaved return from the dead to possess the living, A Stranger Has No Eyes is a formally adventurous meditation on the contradictions of colonialism, shining a light on ways in which power, memory, belief and identity continue to shape the present.

Director: C. S. Nicholson

Casts

	Martine de Souza as Self
	Vodounnon Odjo as Self
	Jeanne Paule Gouvidé as Self
	Moïse Richard Roger de Souza, Chacha IX as Self
	Dah Dagounnon Chéôkon Coovi as Self
	Rosette de Souza as Self
	Hounon Hounkanmabou Azikpeto Amegansi Biova as Self
	Agathe de Souza as Self
	Joséphine Gbèyigbénan Odjo as Self
	Ìyá-Lájé Detchinon Odjo as Self
	Ekelodjouoti as Self
	Obadimedji as Self
	Gbèbô as Self

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