
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.)
The Silence of the Forest
January 1, 2003
1
ratings
0
reviews
0
video reviews
Cast (4)
Crew (9)
Directing

Bassek Ba Kobhio
Director

Didier Ouénangaré
Director
Writing
Production
No data availableSound

Manu Dibango
Original Music Composer
Art
No data availableCamera

Pierre-Olivier Larrieu
Director of Photography
Costume & Make-Up
No data availableCrew
No data availableEditing

Joseph Licidé
Editor