The forgotten wreck of a slave ship off the coast of Le Diamant, Martinique, becomes the starting point of a moving journey through the silences of history. Anchored in legacies of the historical figure of the Maroon, the film revives a long-marginalized memory in the Francophone Caribbean; the story of a sunken slave ship and the struggle of the enslaved for freedom and dignity. It questions the legacies of colonialism, the omissions of official history, and explores how Afro-descendant communities carry, transform, and reclaim this memory across generations, giving rise to new visions of more just and hopeful futures.
This poignant personal memory quest that begins at the Bay of Diamant, in Martinique, and carries us to 3 continents, to shine light on what it means to be black today in a globally interconnected world, is embodied by Martinican artist Laurent Valère and his transatlantic dialogs with the black diaspora.
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