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Film duration: 82 min.
Country of production: Belgium
Year of production: 2019
Film original language: Creole, French and English
Website: www.andanafilms.com
Director: Olivier Magis
Pictures: Joachim Philippe and Jonathan Wannyn
Editing: Marie-Hélène Mora and Sophie Reiter
Sound: Thibaut Darscotte
Producer: Hanne Phlypo – Clin d’œil films
Inwestors: Haut les Mains Productions, RTBF, CANVAS, France Télévisions, Lyon Capitale TV, YLE
Fifty years ago the entire Creole population of the Chagos Islands was expelled by the British authorities. This secret operation took place in order to lease the largest island to the US Navy so that it could build a military base. Now, with the lease about to expire, Chagossian exiles struggle to recover their homeland. The charismatic woman leading their fight in UK is Sabrina Jean. Through her unrelenting activism, including participation in the World Football Cup for Stateless people, she strives to keep the flame of hope alive in her community: so that her people might finally return home.