The film follows the tenacious journey of Martinican sculpture artist Laurent Valère who set out since 1997 on the trail of an 1830 slave shipwreck that occurred during a tropical storm on the shore of the city of Diamant, in Martinique. This ship illegally deported enslaved Africans after the 1815 Vienna abolition of the slave trade. Laurent Valère is the first to tell the story of African victims of this historical tragedy through visual art with his monumental sculpture "Le Mémorial CAP 110". Le Mémorial CAP 110 became one of Martinique’s most important public memorial landmarks since its inauguration in 1998, on the occasion of France's 150th anniversary of the 2nd abolition of slavery. Valère’s quest takes us to a vibrant polyphonic transatlantic meeting of influential cultural change-makers in the Francophone black diaspora to highlight the ways that the story of the 1830 slave shipwreck, that of maroons and that of slave resistance have been for decades, and continue to be, prominently brought to light in the public sphere thanks to an incredibly rich body of transatlantic exchanges and alliances that have developed over the years. The rich array of sounds, sights and transatlantic encounters opens a door to understanding how this fraught history plays out in their cultural and artistic responses to contemporary forms of systemic inequities and human rights abuses, as they aspire to imagine and build better, more just, more inclusive worlds for everyone. Copyright © 2024 by Michigan State University