- Title: Baka - People Of The Rain Forest - Parts 1 And 2
- Date: 27th June 1991
- Summary: AWARD WINNING PRODUCER PHIL AGLAND AND THE TWO OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CREW SPENT T WO YEARS LIVING WITH A GROUP OF PYGMIES IN THE REMOTE JUNGLES OF CAMEROON. OVER THIS TIME, THEY BUILT UP A FRIENDSHIP AND TRUST WITH THE PYGMIES, WHO ALLOWED T HEM TO SHARE IN AND FILM THEIR PRIVATE WORLD. THIS ALSO INVOLVED FILMING IN THE FOREST CANOPY 120 FT ABOVE THE GROUND. THE DOC FOLLOWS THE LIFE OF ONE PARTICULAR GROUP OF PYGMIES IN PARTICULAR AND ALL ASPECTS OF PYGMY LIFE AND CULTURE ARE SHOWN; HOW THEY GATHER EDIBLE FISH, CLIMB GIANT TREES IN SEARCH OF HONEY AND THEIR MUSIC, FOLK TALES AND HEALING DANCES. THE FILM ALSO SHOWS RAIN FOREST ANIMALS SUCH AS GORILLA AND GOLDEN CAT AND FOLLOWS A REAL LIFE SCANDAL IN THE BAKA VILLAGE, WITH THE ARGUMENTS, JEALOUSIES ROMANCE AND HUMOUR IT PROVOKES.
- Description:DRAMA DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE LIFE OF A PGYMY FAMILY THROUGH THE COURSE OF 3 GENERATIONS. SET IN THE 'DJA' RAINFOREST IN CENTRAL CAMEROUN. (1 X 120)
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Documentary and Factual
- Producer:DJA RIVER FILMS LTD
- Programme Episode:Episode 1
- Transmission Date:27/06/1991
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 1990s