Song from the Forest

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• Genre(s): Documentary
• Language(s): English
• Director(s): Michael Obert
• Cast(s): Jim Jarmusch, Louis Sarno, Samedi Mathurin Bokombe, Brad Connor, Albert Angende See all Cast & Crew

• Duration: 1h 38min
• Award(s): Best Feature-Length Documentary 2013 (Won)
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• Similar To: A Gorilla Story: Told by David Attenborough, The Perfect Neighbor
• Story:
  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?
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