The island is faced with two major challenges: the exodus of 2,500 young Martinicans per year and the aging of the population.
The film also highlights Nadia, who created the Alé Viré association to encourage young people to stay in Martinique.
Martinique is preparing, with Guadeloupe, to become the oldest territory in France by 2040. The aging of the population, induced by the exodus of young Martinicans who go to study or work in metropolitan France, is a challenge. major demographic that the department has been facing for years. With the departure of his youth, the number of isolated elderly people continues to increase. An immersion in this Martinique which tries to overcome these problems, through strong testimonies and "live" sequences of slices of life, at the heart of the daily life of people living alone or in EPHAD (French acronym, for Housing Project for Dependant Elderly People), caregivers and children and grandchildren who take care of their elders.
A film by Barbara OLIVIER & Vianney SOTÈS
Martinique / France, 2020, Documentary, 43 min.