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The Silence of the Forest  (2003)


6.0|1 Jan, 2003|93 min
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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.)
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Keywords
africa
central african republic
aka people

Casts

Ériq Ebouaney
Ériq Ebouaney
Gonaba
Nadège Beausson-Diagne
Nadège Beausson-Diagne
Simone
Sonia Zembourou
Kali
Philippe Mory
Philippe Mory
The Prefect

Crews

Bassek Ba Kobhio
Bassek Ba Kobhio
Director
Didier Ouénangaré
Director
Bassek Ba Kobhio
Bassek Ba Kobhio
Writer
Didier Ouénangaré
Writer
Marcel Bealieu
Writer
Étienne Goyemide
Novel
Manu Dibango
Manu Dibango
Original Music Composer
Pierre-Olivier Larrieu
Director of Photography
Joseph Licidé
Editor

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