"Doel must go, because the port is expanding", that was the message in 1965. In the name of progress a part of the polder land had to disappear. Families who had lived and farmed the same land for generations had to relocate. Half a century later, Doel is still there. A 'battered' ghost village after 50 years of controversial port policies on the left bank of the river Schelde.

Docks that are rarely full, and yet the newest one will cut right through Doel. It is the final blow. How did it come to this? And is it really called for? Because the problem of Doel is the problem of Antwerp. What is the added value of a giant dock with even more containers on the already crowded Antwerp ring road? Isn't there another way?

Documentary filmmaker Manu Riche spoke with polder farmers, activists of Doel 2020, highly placed officials within the port authority, policy makers, opinion leaders and representatives for multinationals. It is a discussion that has been dragging on for 50 years, and the end is nowhere in sight.