The Silence of the Forest

Overview

A film about the difficulty for even the most well-intentioned person to know and respect another culture. In this case, the problem is so acute that there is even heated debate over what to call that 'other.' The subtitles in the film use the familiar word 'pygmies,' a relatively pejorative European term; the Bantu or villagers' expression for the same group, Babingas, carries similar negative connotations. These highly specialized, tropical rainforest hunter-gatherers should perhaps be called by their own ethnonym, Aka, MoAka (sing.) and BaAka (pl.)

Details

Status

Released

Release date

May 19, 2003

Original language

French

Spoken languages

French, Sango

Countries

Cameroon, Central African Republic, France, Gabon

Production

ARTE France Cinéma,Les Films Terre Africaine,Centre National du Cinéma

Cast

Nadège Beausson-Diagne,Philippe Mory,Sonia Zembourou,Ériq Ebouaney

Director

Bassek Ba Kobhio,Didier Ouénangaré

Writer

Didier Ouénangaré,Marcel Bealieu,Bassek Ba Kobhio,Étienne Goyemide

Cinematography

Pierre-Olivier Larrieu

Music

Manu Dibango

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

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