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''Song from the Forest'' is a 2013 German
documentary film A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a historical record". Bill Nichols has characterized the documentary in te ...
written and directed by
Michael Obert Michael Obert (born 1966) is a German book author and journalist who has been compared with the likes of Bruce Chatwin, Jon Krakauer and Ryszard Kapuściński. His debut movie ''Song from the Forest'' was honored with the Award for Best Feature-L ...
. The film premiered on 21 November 2013 at
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam The International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) is the world's largest documentary film festival held annually since 1988 in Amsterdam. Over a period of twelve days, it has screened more than 300 films and sold more than 250,000 tic ...
, where it was honored with the Best Feature Length Documentary Award.


Summary

Louis Sarno is an American who decided to travel to the Central African jungle after hearing a song played on the radio. There he recorded music by the BaAka community and ended up staying to become part of the community. 25 years later Louis is taking his pygmy son Samedi to America as part of a promise, but he soon discovers that he is no longer truly a part of American society any longer and that
globalization Globalization, or globalisation (English in the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth English; American and British English spelling differences#-ise, -ize (-isation, -ization), see spelling differences), is the process of foreign relation ...
is having a serious effect on the rainforests.


Awards

*2015: German Documentary Film Award for ''Song From the Forest'' *2014 Grand Prix at Planete+Doc International Film Festival in Warsaw *2013 Best Feature Length Documentary Award,
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam The International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) is the world's largest documentary film festival held annually since 1988 in Amsterdam. Over a period of twelve days, it has screened more than 300 films and sold more than 250,000 tic ...


Reception

Critical reception for ''Song from the Forest'' has been positive.
The Hollywood Reporter ''The Hollywood Reporter'' (''THR'') is an American digital and print magazine which focuses on the Hollywood film, television, and entertainment industries. It was founded in 1930 as a daily trade paper, and in 2010 switched to a weekly larg ...
praised the film and wrote "Quietly resonant documentary on an unusual father/son relationship finds fresh notes among familiar ethnographic themes."


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