The Silence of the Forest backdrop
The Silence of the Forest poster
Trailer
The Silence of the Forest
6.0
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1h 33m
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2003
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Released
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.)

Cast
Ériq Ebouaney poster
Ériq Ebouaney
Gonaba
Nadège Beausson-Diagne poster
Nadège Beausson-Diagne
Simone
Sonia Zembourou poster
Sonia Zembourou
Kali
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