The Silence of the Forest

Directed by Bassek Ba Kobhio, Didier Ouénangaré
2003    1h 33mDrama, Adventure
6.5
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 rain forest hunter-gatherers should perhaps be called by their own ethnonym, Aka, MoAka (sing.) and BaAka (pl.)

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Cast of The Silence of the Forest

  • Ériq EbouaneyGonaba
  • Nadège Beausson-DiagneSimone
  • Sonia ZembourouKali
  • Philippe MoryThe Prefect
  • Bassek Ba KobhioDirector / Writer
  • Didier OuénangaréDirector / Writer
  • Marcel BealieuWriter
  • Guillaume de SeilleProducer
  • Annie IzoungouProducer
  • Charles MensahProducer
  • Abderrahmane SissakoProducer

 

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