2nd part composed of testimonies and a long interview of the West Indian poet Aimé Césaire who evokes his literary encounters and his political commitment. Extracts from poems and plays and archival documents illustrate this film. "At the rendezvous of the conquest" is devoted to Paris, from the 30s to the 50s, with the meeting of Léopold Sedar Senghor and Léon Gontran Damas. With Roger Garaudy, Jorge Amado, Dominique Desanti, Albert Memmi and Jean-Toussaint Desanti.
—Institut Francais