It is said that when the first European ship, led by Christopher Columbus, arrived on the coast of what is now the Dominican Republic, it was received by a rain of arrows launched by the Caribbean Taíno. In the same location today, a salt lake is witness to profound changes in the ecosystem that lead to the migration of animal species and to an expanding desert. In Amérika: Bay of Arrows, the camera is an arrow, looking for contemporary ways to awaken such a fending off gesture.