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Le silence de la fôret = The forest / Bassek ba Kobhio présente ; une production Les Films Terre Africaine ; une coproduction Centre National du Cinéma du Gabon, Ecrans Noirs Centrafrique, Les Films Terre Africaine ; scénario, Didier Ouénangaré, Bassek ba Kobhio ; adaption et dialogues, Marcel Beaulieu, Bassek ba Kobhio ; produit par Bassek ba Kobhio ; un film de Didier Ouénangaré et Bassek ba Kobhio.
LIBRA VHS PQ2667.O94 S552 2003
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- Bantu (Other)
- English
- French
- Multiple languages
- Sango (Ubangi Creole)
- Subjects (All):
- Goyémidé, Etienne--Film adaptations.
- Goyémidé, Etienne.
- Babinga (African people)--Drama.
- Babinga (African people).
- Babinga (African people)--Social life and customs.
- Manners and customs.
- Africa, Central--Drama.
- Africa, Central.
- Central Africa.
- Motion pictures, French.
- Motion pictures, Cameroonian.
- Motion pictures, Gabonese.
- Motion pictures, Central African.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Feature films.
- Film adaptations.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videocassette (93 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
- 1/2 in.
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Forest
- Place of Publication:
- [San Francisco, CA] : California Newsreel, 2003.
- Language Note:
- In Sango, Diaka and French with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- VHS.
- analog
- magnetic
- VHS
- Summary:
- Gonaba returns to Africa after being educated in France, with high hopes of improving his country. He is disillusioned by the corrupt government and goes to live with the Biaka, hoping to change them at the grassroots level.
- Participant:
- Eric Ebouaney, Sonia Zembourou, Philippe Maury, Nadège Beausson-Diagne.
- Credits:
- Photography, Pierre-Olivier Larrieu ; editor, Joseph Licide ; music, Manu Dibango.
- Notes:
- Based on the book by Etienne Goyémidé.
- Includes public performance rights for University of Pennsylvania only. Streaming not allowed without a separate license. Resource Sharing not permitted.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- OCLC:
- 55761851
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