Song From the Forest
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Song From the Forest

by Michael Obert

Secondary title
Song From the Forest
Country / Year
Germany, USA / 2013
Duration
97 Min.
Languages
EnglishEnglish
Yaka
Subtitles
EnglishEnglish
GermanGerman
Genre
DOC: Portrait
Tags
Debut Feature
Nature
Documentary
Human Rights
Direction
Michael Obert
Cast
Louis Sarno,
Samedi Mathurin Bokumbe

As a young man, New Yorker musician Louis Sarno heard a song on the radio that gripped his imagination. He followed the mysterious sounds all the way to the Central African rainforest and found their source with the Bayaka Pygmies – and he stayed there. Today, twenty-five years later, Louis Sarno is a fully accepted member of the Bayaka society and raised together with a Bayaka woman their son, Samedi. Now the time has come to fulfil his promise. Louis travels together with his 13-year-old son from the African rainforest to another jungle, one of concrete and glass: New York City. Here they meet his wealthy brother and his old friend, filmmaker Jim Jarmusch. While Samedi quickly adapts to this modern world, Louis’ return to the big city is more difficult than he thought.

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