Name: Song from the Forest
Director: Michael Obert
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2014-09-11
Duration: 1 h 38 min
Cast: Louis Sarno, Samedi Mathurin Bokombe, Brad Connor, Albert Angende

Song from the Forest (2014)

English 1h 38m

About Song from the Forest Movie

Directed by Michael Obert, Song from the Forest (2014) is an English-language Documentary Movie. It stars Samedi Mathurin Bokombe, Brad Connor, Albert Angende. 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?

Movie Details

Release Date11 Sep 2014

LanguageEnglish

Runtime1h 38m

StatusReleased

DirectorMichael Obert

GenreDocumentary