Listen To the Beat of our Images

Sixty years ago, the French government established its space centre in Kourou, French Guiana. Six hundred Guyanese people were expropriated as France realised its dream of space conquest. Combining field investigation and creative manipulation of archives, this haunting short documentary gives a voice to an erased and silenced population. After finding letters full of love her dad wrote to her, Diana Cam Van Nguyen reckons with fifteen years of disconnection. The result is a beautiful animated essay film that seeks to repair the relationship and rediscover lost love between father and daughter.