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.)
About The Silence of the Forest (2003)
Released in 2003, The Silence of the Forest is a drama and adventure film from ARTE France Cinéma (Cameroon). It was directed by Didier Ouénangaré and Bassek Ba Kobhio and written by Bassek Ba Kobhio and Didier Ouénangaré. The cast is led by Ériq Ebouaney, Nadège Beausson-Diagne, Sonia Zembourou and Philippe Mory. With a runtime of 1h 33m, the film averages 6.3/10 across 3 TMDB ratings.
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