Song from the Forest
{{Short description|2013 film by Michael Obert}}
{{Distinguish|Song of the Forests}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Song from the Forest
| image = Song from the Forest poster.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Film poster
| director = Michael Obert
| producer = Alex Tondowski
| writer = Michael Obert
| starring = Louis Sarno, Samedi Mathurin Bokombe, Jim Jarmusch
| cinematography = Siri Klug
| editing = Wiebke Grundler
| production_companies = Tondowski Films & Friends
| distributor = The Film Collaborative
| released = {{film date |2013|11|21|IDFA}}
| runtime = 98 minutes
| country = Germany
| language = English, Yaka
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Song from the Forest is a 2013 German documentary film written and directed by Michael Obert.{{cite web|title='Song From the Forest' Charts a Musicologist's Love Affair With Pygmy Music and Culture|url=http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/11/11/song-from-the-forest-charts-a-musicologists-love-affair-with-pygmy-music-and-culture/?_r=1|work=New York Times|date = 11 November 2014|accessdate=14 March 2015}} The film premiered on 21 November 2013 at International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, where it was honored with the Best Feature Length Documentary Award.{{cite web|title=IDFA Awards 'Song From the Forest' Top Doc Prize|date=30 November 2013|url=http://www.filmlinc.com/blog/entry/idfa-awards-song-from-the-forest-top-doc-prize|publisher=Film Society Lincoln Center|accessdate=14 March 2015}}
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 is having a serious effect on the rainforests.
Awards
- 2015: German Documentary Film Award for Song From the Forest{{cite web |url=http://www.swr.de/unternehmen/deutscher-dokumentarfilmpreis-ludwigsburg/-/id=3586/did=14476422/nid=3586/1ml6w96 |title=Deutscher Dokumentarfilmpreis - Unternehmen {{!}} SWR.de |website=www.swr.de |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150728102618/http://www.swr.de/unternehmen/deutscher-dokumentarfilmpreis-ludwigsburg/-/id=3586/did=14476422/nid=3586/1ml6w96/ |archive-date=2015-07-28}}
- 2014 Grand Prix at Planete+Doc International Film Festival in Warsaw{{cite web|title=SONG FROM THE FOREST|url=http://www.docnyc.net/film/song-from-the-forest/#.VQQDINLF_A1|publisher=DOC NYC|accessdate=14 March 2015}}
- 2013 Best Feature Length Documentary Award, International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam{{cite web|title=Song From The Forest wins at IDFA|url=http://www.screendaily.com/news/song-from-the-forest-wins-at-idfa/5064163.article/|publisher=Screen Daily|accessdate=14 March 2015}}
Reception
Critical reception for Song from the Forest has been positive.{{cite web|last1=DeBruge|first1=Peter|title=Film Review: 'Song From the Forest'|date=April 2014|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/reviews/film-review-song-from-the-forest-1201150268/|publisher=Variety|accessdate=14 March 2015}}{{cite web|last1=Kohn|first1=Eric|title=Review: Gorgeous 'Song From the Forest' Tracks How Louis Sarno Joined a Pygmy Tribe, Started A Family And Returned to New York|url=http://www.indiewire.com/article/review-gorgeous-song-from-the-forest-tracks-how-louis-sarno-joined-a-pygmy-tribe-started-a-family-and-returned-to-new-york|publisher=IndieWire|accessdate=14 March 2015}}{{cite web|title=Best Films and Performances of SXSW 2014|url=http://www.indiewire.com/survey/best-films-and-performances-of-sxsw-2014/best-documentary-feature/|publisher=IndieWire|accessdate=14 March 2015}} The Hollywood Reporter praised the film and wrote "Quietly resonant documentary on an unusual father/son relationship finds fresh notes among familiar ethnographic themes."{{cite web|last1=Young|first1=Neil|title=Song From the Forest: IDFA Review|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/song-forest-idfa-review-659585|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=23 November 2013|accessdate=14 March 2015}}
References
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External links
- {{official website}}
- {{IMDb title|3003858}}
- {{Rotten Tomatoes | song_from_the_forest }}
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Category:2013 documentary films
Category:German documentary films
Category:Documentary films about forests and trees