And still, it remains

And still, it remains examines the ongoing impact of French toxic colonialism in Mertoutek, a village nestled in the Hoggar Mountains of Algeria’s Southern Sahara and a home to the Escamaran community of Algerians. Used as a testing ground for nuclear bombs by the French between 1961 and 1966, the area continues to suffer the consequences of radioactive fallout circulating in the water and soil.

The film examines Mertoutek’s encounter with French nuclear colonialism without restricting the region’s history to a narrow colonial temporality. Exploring their migration to the area, faith, their way of life, colonialism and the nuclear bombs, the film asks: What does it mean to live in such intimacy with toxic colonialism?
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