I talk to Johanne as a fictional friend in the form of a letter. Johanne and I come from the same province in China. Her childhood photos evoke a strong sense of shared scenography and aesthetics, which Their Hair Shined in the Sun depart from. A personal story of how a family is created, expanding into a larger collective history of silent migration. An essayistic documentary about how we got here, how it was and how it turned out.