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A Stranger Has No Eyes (2026)
Directed by C. S. Nicholson
“Never trust anybody.”
Documentary · 2h 09m
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.
Cast
M
Martine de Souza
Self
V
Vodounnon Odjo
Self
J
Jeanne Paule Gouvidé
Self
M
Moïse Richard Roger de Souza, Chacha IX
Self
D
Dah Dagounnon Chéôkon Coovi
Self
R
Rosette de Souza
Self
H
Hounon Hounkanmabou Azikpeto Amegansi Biova
Self
A
Agathe de Souza
Self
J
Joséphine Gbèyigbénan Odjo
Self
Ì
Ìyá-Lájé Detchinon Odjo
Self
E
Ekelodjouoti
Self
O
Obadimedji
Self
Crew
- Director
- C. S. Nicholson
- Editor
- Stoffer Slind
- Producer
- C. S. Nicholson
Details
- Original title
- Àlejò Ò L’Ójú
- Release date
- 2026-09-27
- Runtime
- 2h 09m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English, Yoruba, French
- Countries
- Norway
- Production
- Nicholson Øye- og Øreverk, Herstory