Song from the Forest

Song from the Forest

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 11, 2014

Runtime

1h 38m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

78%

Original Title

Song from the Forest

Production Companies

Tondowski Films, ma.ja.de. FilmProduktions

Director

Michael Obert

Description

25 years ago, Louis Sarno, an American, heard a song on the radio and followed its melody into the Central Africa Jungle and stayed. He than recorded over 1000 hours of original BaAka music. Now he is part of the BaAka community and raises his pygmy son, Samedi. Fulfilling an old promise, Louis takes Samedi to America. On this journey Louis realizes he is not part of this globalized world anymore but globalization has also arrived in the rainforest. The BaAka depend on Louis for their survival. Father and son return to the melodies of the jungle but the question remains: How much longer will the songs of the forest be heard?