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The Silence of the Forest (2003)

The Silence of the Forest (2003)

Drama Adventure
Release Date: 2003, May 19
Directors: Didier Ouénangaré, Bassek Ba Kobhio
Countries: Central African Republic, Cameroon, France, Gabon
Production: ARTE France Cinéma, Centre National du Cinéma, Les Films Terre Africaine
Cast: Ériq Ebouaney, Nadège Beausson-Diagne, Philippe Mory, Sonia Zembourou

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.)

Keywords:

africa central african republic aka people