Le silence de la forêt (2003)

Directed by

Didier Ouénangaré, Bassek Ba Kobhio

Genre

drama film

Country

Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic

Runtime

1h 33m

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man travels into the Central African rainforest to work as a teacher. He confronts the discrimination faced by the local Pygmy community and begins to question his own beliefs.

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What happens

Le silence de la forêt (lit. 'The Silence of the Forest/The Forest') is a 2003 drama film directed by Bassek Ba Kobhio and Didier Ouenangare. The film is an adaption of the eponymous novel by Étienne Goyémidé. A co-production between Gabon, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, and France, it is the first feature filmed in the Central African Republic. It is also the first film to depict the contemporary prejudice held by some Africans toward the pygmy people. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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