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Theclichéhasitthatapictureisworthathousandwords.Butisthattrue?Nowinhisthirties,NicolasWouterstriestofindoutwhathisgrandparents’photosdonotrevealabouttheirlifeascolonialsintheformerBelgianCongo(nowtheDemocraticRepublicoftheCongo)intheperiod1946-1958. Thephotosshowonlywhitepeopleradiatingsatisfactionwiththeirlives.ThereisnotraceoftheBlackcommunity.The400lettersandfamilyfilmsthathisgrandmotherandgrandfathersenttotheirrelativesinBelgiumalsorevealnothingaboutreallifeinthecolony.Onlyoncedoesthefamily’sBlackdomesticservantappearinthebackgroundofafilm. TofindoutmoreaboutwhatitwasreallylikeinCongo,Woutersinterviewswomenwhowereformercolonists.Butthatalsoyieldsnothing,andthatisperhapsnocoincidence:theconclusionofthisfilm,narratedusingphotos,archivefootage,andanimation,isthatsilenceandlookingtheotherwayweretheessenceofcoloniallife.