The forgotten slave shipwreck in the Bay of Diamant, Martinique, becomes the starting point for a poignant personal journey and global memory quest through the silences of French Caribbean history. It unearths a Caribbean memory long relegated to the margins: that of a shipwrecked slave ship, and the struggle of enslaved people for their freedom and dignity. It questions the legacies of colonialism, the silences of official history, and the way in which Afro-descendant communities carry, transform, and reclaim this memory across generations and give rise to visions of better and more hopeful futures.
The film is a 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, as seen through the eyes of Martinican artist Laurent Valère and his transatlantic dialogs with the black diaspora.
The forgotten slave shipwreck in the Bay of Diamant, Martinique, becomes the starting point for a poignant personal journey and global memory quest through the silences of French Caribbean history. It unearths a Caribbean memory long relegated to the margins: that of a shipwrecked slave ship, and the struggle of enslaved people for their freedom and dignity. It questions the legacies of colonialism, the silences of official history, and the way in which Afro-descendant communities carry, transform, and reclaim this memory across generations and give rise to visions of better and more hopeful futures.
The film is a 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, as seen through the eyes of Martinican artist Laurent Valère and his transatlantic dialogs with the black diaspora.
