Juin 2020. Des foules descendent dans les rues de Genève, Zurich et Lausanne pour dénoncer le racisme systémique : du jamais vu en Suisse, pays qui refuse toute association avec l’esclavage et les puissances coloniales. Cet élan touche la journaliste suisse métisse Rachel M’Bon. Dans ce film bouleversant, elle part accompagnée de la cinéaste Juliana Fanjul à la rencontre de femmes qui racontent leur quête d’identité, dans un pays en apparence si tolérant.

Through the personal questioning of Rachel, we want to empower her peers to develop their own narratives to be free to define themselves. The film seeks to encourage recognition, exchanges, and demands equality. We also consider it important to allow people spared from racism and discrimination to put themselves, almost literally, in the shoes of a black woman in Switzerland and to discover different life paths impacted by racism. As Switzerland is a multicoloured and plurilingual country, we also want to connect to similar movements in our neighbouring countries. We have talked a lot; now, words must turn into actions. We want to promote citizen actions that have an impact on politics. We want nothing less than new paradigms, a societal awakening.