Selected Film
At a time of international chaotic events, wars, global warming, and ecological collapse of several crucial global habitats, it is urgent to pay attention to, and learn from, indigenous groups that have lived in complete balance with other organisms for millennia. Among the very few human groups that have some members that still live completely in tropical forests, the Baka is one of the oldest ones - they have lived in the Congo basin forests of Africa for more than 50,000 years. No other group knows the forest, the behavior of its animals, the medical properties of its plants, and the very delicate ecological connections between them and all other organisms, as the Baka. This movie shows, for the first time, the way of life and unique ecological and medical knowledge of the Baka using drones and various other state-of-the-art filming techniques, within a broader historical, sociological, anthropological and biological framework. It is the outcome of a unique close international association between the Baka community, local Cameroonian Bantu filmmakers, NGOs and environmental agencies, and two renowned Biology and Anthropology University Professors based in the USA and Canada. This type of multi-layered cultural and multidisciplinary connections is urgently needed, more than ever: we need to respect, engage with, and learn from, the people that know the most about the Earth ecosystems and their delicate ecological balance.
Duration: 00:45:37
Country of Origin: Cameroon, Portugal, United States, United States
Language: English
Director(s): Rui Diogo, Denis Ndeloh, Muleng Timngun
Writer(s): Rui Diogo, Denis Ndeloh, Muleng Timngun
Producer(s): Rui Diogo, Denis Ndeloh, Muleng Timngun
Key Cast: Baka Community of Cameroon
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