The Silence of the Forest
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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Cast
Ériq Ebouaney
Gonaba
Nadège Beausson-Diagne
Simone
Sonia Zembourou
Kali
Philippe Mory
The Prefect
Additional Information
Director
Bassek Ba Kobhio
Production
ARTE France Cinéma, Centre National du Cinéma, Les Films Terre Africaine
Status
Released
Language
FR