Desert of Silence

DESERT OF SILENCE

An interactive journey into the forgotten nuclear scars of the Algerian Sahara.

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Untold stories shaped by the Gerboise Bleue

Between 1960 and 1966, the French government conducted nuclear tests in the Algerian Sahara. The fallout from these tests still impacts the land and its people today.

Desert of Silence invites you to step into this history through a branching, interactive film where your choices reveal different human experiences and lingering truths.