Oka! Page #2

Synopsis: The story of Louis Sarno, an American ethno-musicologist who lived among the Bayaka Pygmies in Central Africa for 25 years.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Lavinia Currier
Production: Dada Films
 
IMDB:
5.5
Metacritic:
61
Rotten Tomatoes:
71%
Year:
2011
105 min
$10,030
Website
62 Views


to welcome you to Africa.

[quietly]

Larry. Larry. Larry.

[whistles softly]

Larry.

Yeah?

[speaking in foreign language]

[native flute]

[continues]

[rooster crowing]

[clucking]

[speaking in native language]

[clucking]

[shouts]

[shouts]

Hey, what's for breakfast?

[together]

[laughter]

So, uh, when do we leave

for the forest?

[repeats in foreign language]

The mayor?

[making indistinct sound

from nose]

Huh?

Oh, no.

[Men laughing]

Okay.

[chattering]

[chattering]

[chanting]

[overlapping chatter]

I don't have any cloth.

[speaking in foreign language]

[overlapping chatter continues]

Okay.

[Larry]

Wow. She's grown up.

[grunts]

[speaks in foreign language]

OD.

Sony. Begin.

[imitating birdcall]

[bird singing]

[imitates birdcall]

[chirping]

[whistling]

[birds chirping]

[chattering]

[weapon clicks]

[chattering continues]

[laughing]

[horn blares]

[faint chatter]

Bad news.

Your request

has been denied.

I am truly sorry.

It's a long way to come

for such news.

But there are many

other areas to cut

that do not involve

the hunting grounds

of our little brothers.

I don't want the other areas.

I want here.

I would be glad to assist you

with an appeal, Mr. Yi.

How long will that take?

The problem

is the wildlife club.

They've been protecting

elephant there for 30 years.

We are poor country,

and we depend

on their resources.

Recently, they've even

given the Pygmies

their own traditional

hunting areas.

There is hope,

I think, Mr. Yi.

The Pygmy love elephant meat

as much as I do,

and if I can prove

to the wildlife club

that they are a threat

to the elephant,

then perhaps I can explain it

to all our associates

that your sawmill offers

a more stable partnership.

So you know a Pygmy

who will kill an elephant

for us?

Mm-hmm.

And the American

who lives with the Pygmies--

won't he interfere?

You mean Larry?

[laughs]

Larry's not long

for this world, Mr. Yi.

Have you looked

at him closely?

His color? The skin?

As they say,

our African climate

is entirely unsuitable

for Caucasians.

[chuckles]

[chuckles]

[chuckles]

Take it

as a down payment.

[speaking in French]

[chatter on radio]

Mulala! Mulala!

[speaking in French]

[Man continues]

Whoa, whoa.

[chattering]

Ho!

[chattering]

We don't need Bantus here.

[chattering continues]

[applause]

[children singing

in native language]

[singing in native language]

[singing continues]

[clapping continues]

[chatter, laughter]

Larry! Larry!

[mutters]

[speaking in

native language]

[speaking in foreign language]

Guys, I just got here.

I did not order a bicycle.

[speaks in foreign language]

I won't need a bike

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