Immersed in colonial myths, an archaeologist visits the ancient “cueva houses” and interrogates the old shepherds, while searching for the remains of the Aborigines who once inhabited these places. The archaeological experience reveals the complexity of the map of power that builds the historical discourse of the Canary Islands.

biografia

Silvia Navarro Martín is a sociologist and visual artist who worked as a researcher with Helena Girón and Samuel M. Delgado on the shorts Sin Dios ni Santa María (2015), Montañas ardientes que vomitan fuego (2016) and Plus Ultra (2017).

Miguel G. Morales is an independent filmmaker whose work explores the outlying areas of nonfiction and draws heavily on documentary, research and essay work. His recent films, all of which have made use of his own or others' film archives, include Ángel caído (2018), Hombre que hace que duerme (2015) and Retina (2014). In 2019 he helped José Luis Guerin direct De una isla (2019). Together, Navarro and Morales codirected the shorts Juana (2016) and Esclavos sin ser esclavos (2016).

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