The Silence of the Forest
2003•1h 33m•6.3•Released
DramaAdventure
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.)
Director
Bassek Ba Kobhio
Writer
Marcel Bealieu, Didier Ouénangaré, Bassek Ba Kobhio
Languages
French, Sango
Studio
ARTE France Cinéma
Cast
Ériq Ebouaney
Gonaba
Nadège Beausson-Diagne
Simone
Sonia Zembourou
Kali
Philippe Mory
The Prefect
Production
Company
ARTE France Cinéma
Company
Centre National du Cinéma
Company
Les Films Terre Africaine
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