Kassanda’s first feature-length documentary stars his grandparents who lived through Belgium’s colonization and later worked at the forefront of Congolese independence. Within this dense personal archaeology and much-needed historical corrective, the filmmaker poetically sifts through the complications and incongruities of lives under white, western rule—using the oppressor’s own visual archive (since the colonized were not allowed to photographically document) in a delicate dance between revelatory reappropriation and traumatic re-exposure. While decoding staged productions and exposing incriminating documents, Kassanda searches for the remains of a stolen culture and reveals a violent, racist power structure that continues to reverberate in modern-day Kinshasa and the diaspora beyond. Meanwhile, his grandfather, educated and urged to excel within a rigged system, had joined the swelling wave of citizens—including colleague Patrice Lumumba—outgrowing their circumscribed roles and visualizing a free nation. As Justin’s unexpected disclosures reveal, breaking from patriarchy is not without great sacrifice, and Kassanda openly wrestles with this troubling dissonance.