The Silence of the Forest
The Silence of the Forest
| 01 January 2003 (USA)
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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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ChikPapa

Very disappointed :(

Reptileenbu

Did you people see the same film I saw?

Helllins

It is both painfully honest and laugh-out-loud funny at the same time.

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Erica Derrick

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

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