Dear AncestorA feature-length documentary by Lova Nantenaina et Eva Lova-BélyA film suitable for children aged 10 and over

• The 52-minute TV version, dubbed into French, is available on the Réunion La 1ère website

2067, Reunion : a mother prays to her ancestors from the sea people of the neighboring Great Island. She tells her daughter about the struggle of her grandfather, Dadabe, against a large polluting project that devastated their ancestral lands and forced them into exile. It was a time when the powerful, across the world, disparaged those who were determined to leave fertile lands and generous waters for the children yet to be born… It was a time when Gen Z was rising up in Madagascar, and young people around the world were also fighting against climate change.

We decided to write en anticipation film with a narrator who describes today’s world—the world before the impending climate catastrophe—from a child’s perspective. We feel that this approach allows us to take a step back… or rather, to get a head start on the conversation for the next generation. 

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71 min

Nantenaina Lova, Eva Lova-Bély

Papang Films, Endemika Films

Eva Lova-Bély, Leslie Guimbault, Noémie Defosse (Papang Films), Nantenaina LOVA, Felana Candy RADIFERA, Jonathan Narlysh RAFIDIARISON (Endemika Films)

Nantenaina LOVA, Eva LOVA-BELY,

Noémie DEFOSSE, Ando RAMINOSON

Alain RAKOTOARISOA, Aline ESCALON,

Rijasolo (Rija RANDRIANASOLO), Cyrille CORNU

Nantenaina LOVA

Julien VERSTRAETE

DKpit

Belongo, Nindry, Saroy, Rayhas, Secteur 410

Jean-Luc RAHARIMANANA