The German government refuses to pay reparations for its occupation of Namibia in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and for the genocide of the Herero and Nama peoples.

Instead, it offers development cooperation programmes that exude a disheartening neo-colonialism and blatant structural racism, disguised as solidarity and reconciliation, obvious to almost everyone except German officials and nostalgic tourists.

Moving between the outlandish colonial settlement of Lüderitz - where cruise passengers enjoy eerie guided tours through sites of mass extermination - and German-funded "Living Museums" that re-stage precolonial life for visitors, the film traces a disturbing line back to early 20th-century human zoos and colonial image-making.

Through long, carefully composed shots and an ironic sense of observation, Spriestersbach lets situations unfold, revealing who speaks, who listens, and who remains unheard in a landscape still haunted by unburied bodies and unresolved debts.

With: Namibian residents, community leaders, cultural mediators, German tourists, development officials and project cooperants.