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The Silence of the Forest
Genres
DramaAdventure
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.)
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
93 min
Release Date
2003-01-01
Status
Released
Original Language
French
Vote Count
2
Vote Average
6
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
Ériq Ebouaney
Gonaba
Nadège Beausson-Diagne
Simone
Sonia Zembourou
Kali
Philippe Mory
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