Forest of the Dancing Spirits

Name: De dansande andarnas skog
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2013-11-29
Duration: 1 h 44 min
Rating: 7.3

Original title: De dansande andarnas skog

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7.3/10

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"In the beginning, women lived apart, unaware of the existence of men. Until one day, when the first woman, Toli, who was brave and adventurous traveled deep into the forest. Toli discovered... Read all"In the beginning, women lived apart, unaware of the existence of men. Until one day, when the first woman, Toli, who was brave and adventurous traveled deep into the forest. Toli discovered solitary creatures with big muscles who knew how to climb trees and harvest wild honey. W... Read all"In the beginning, women lived apart, unaware of the existence of men. Until one day, when the first woman, Toli, who was brave and adventurous traveled deep into the forest. Toli discovered solitary creatures with big muscles who knew how to climb trees and harvest wild honey. When Toli tasted their honey, she thought they should all live together...." That is how on... Read all

Director
- Linda Västrik
Writer
- Linda Västrik

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IMDb RATING

7.3/10

204

YOUR RATING

Director
- Linda Västrik
Writer
- Linda Västrik

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win & 3 nominations total

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9thf-3

A remarkable film!

The film avoids putting a grid of values over the depiction of the lives of these people living in the deep forests of Congo. Resulting in me seeing, that we have much more in common, than what separates us. Linda Västrik manages to get extremely close to these people and since she is very empathetic, straight and bold, she does not use their lives, molding it into a box of predetermined dramaturgy, but rather unfolds the story of their lives. At this time. I've never seen anything like this and I'm very grateful to Västrik and her team for going through all the hardship of making this film, following an old piece of music! There is hope.

8Erik_Stone

You really get an understanding of the Aka people

You really get to see their daily lives in raw, footage. Many parts are slow, plodding, and could have been edited out, but part of this film's charm is that it isn't heavily produced of softened for American audiences.

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Linda Västrik's first feature documentary filmed on film. The idea of making it took shape after she had heard musical recordings from the Mbuti in Ituri Congo Zaire from 1942. Forest of the Dancing Spirits was shot inside the tropical rain forest of the Congo Basin and has the worlds longest shooting times on location with participants living in such remote locations. The film was made right after the civil war in Congo-Brazzaville and is the first extended document produced from inside of this country at this time.