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OnGuadeloupe,anarchipelagointheCaribbean,thepastspeaksup.SylvaineDampierrehastheworkersofanoldsugarrefineryreadpassagesfromthetranscriptsofan1842courtcase,whilethemachinesroarandgroaninthebackground.Thetestimoniesoftheslavesfrombackthenintherustyhallsoftodaygiverisetoapolyphonybothexplosiveandpoeticinnature.<br/> The“GrandeAnse”sugarrefineryisamonsterfromadistantpast:Flameslikelongtonguesspewfromthefurnaces,pilesresemblingboneseverywhere.TheworkerscutthemwithmachetesintheplantationsofMarie-Galante,atinyislandthatbelongstothearchipelagoofGuadeloupe.Thelongbones,thesugarcane,arethescaffoldthatkeepseverythingtogetherhere.SylvaineDampierreisinthethickofit,showsthepulsatingfactoryandthehardlabourthatgoesoninside.Seasonalworkerscomeandgo;themenorganizethemselves.Theyarefree.ThereareoccasionalflashesofthepeculiarbondwithFrance,ofwhichthisoverseasterritoryisanintegralpart,butDampierreforegroundsthetranscriptsofacourtcasefromalmosttwohundredyearsago,inwhichslavestestifiedagainsttheirviolentmaster.Anactofself-empowerment,whosegestusthedirectorbringsintodialoguewiththepresent.