Summary 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 rain forest hunter-gatherers should perhaps be called by their own ethnonym, Aka, MoAka (sing.) and BaAka (pl.) View more details
Directed : Bassek Ba Kobhio Didier Ouenangare
Written : Marcel Beaulieu Bassek Ba Kobhio Étienne Goyemide
Stars : Eriq Ebouaney Philippe Mory Nadège Beausson-Diagne Sonia Zembourou
Genres : Drama
Release date : May 18, 2003
Countries of origin : France Cameroon Gabon Central African Republic
Language : French
Filming locations : Central African Republic
Production companies : Arte France Cinéma Centre National du Cinéma Les Films Terre Africaine
Summary 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 rain forest hunter-gatherers should perhaps be called by their own ethnonym, Aka, MoAka (sing.) and BaAka (pl.) View more details
Genres : Drama
Release date : May 18, 2003
Countries of origin : France Cameroon Gabon Central African Republic
Language : French
Filming locations : Central African Republic
Production companies : Arte France Cinéma Centre National du Cinéma Les Films Terre Africaine
