CinemaOSMovie · 2003 · 1h 33m

The Silence of the Forest

63%(3)IMDbDramaAdventure

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.)

Directed byDidier Ouénangaré, Bassek Ba Kobhio

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 33m
Language
FR
Released
May 19, 2003
Studios
ARTE France CinémaCentre National du CinémaLes Films Terre Africaine

Featuring

Cast & crew

4 credited
Starring
Ériq Ebouaney

Ériq Ebouaney

Gonaba

Nadège Beausson-Diagne

Nadège Beausson-Diagne

Simone

Sonia Zembourou

Kali

Philippe Mory

Philippe Mory

The Prefect

Creative team
Directed by
Didier Ouénangaré
Bassek Ba Kobhio
Bassek Ba Kobhio
Written by
Bassek Ba Kobhio
Bassek Ba Kobhio
Didier Ouénangaré

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