screening “And still, it remains”

And still, it remains by filmmaking duo Arwa Aburawa and Turab Shah spends time with residents of a village in Algeria’s Hoggar Mountains who live surrounded by ancient rock art and the legacy of France’s nuclear bombs. Examining time, toxic colonialism and how we survive the end of our world, the film departs from feminist thinker bell hooks articulation of a particular way of knowing that comes from experience: “it’s a deep understanding that is often expressed through the body, as what they know has been deeply inscribed on it.” What does it mean to live in such intimacy with toxic colonialism? What understanding is gained from this proximity? How do people make sense of what happened to them? What are their ideas of justice? And finally, how do they find a way to carry on?

The screening was followed by a conversation in which Aburawa and Shah reflected with Hoetger on their interest in sonic landscapes and the modes of listening taken up in their film.