Ghosts of Our Forest

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Ghosts of Our Forest
Directed byDaniel Roher
Produced by Daniel Roher, Isis Essery, Lisa Trogisch
CinematographyMarianna Margaret
Edited byRichard Jay (Music), Zoe Gordon (Sound) Edmund Stenson (picture)
Music byRichard Jay, Zoe Gordon
Release date
  • February 20, 2017 (2017-02-20)

Ghosts of Our Forest is a 2017 documentary about the removal of the Batwa people by the Government of Uganda in 1992. It follows the survivors reconciling with their heritage. [1] [2]

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Release

Ghosts of Our Forest premiered on February 20, 2017, at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival. [3]

Reception

P. Judkins Wellington reviewed Ghosts of Our Forest for Ethnomusicology , stating that it was "not an explicitly ethnomusicological film, but its interrelated themes of cultural preservation, human rights, and political struggle are salient to ethnomusicologists writ large." [4] Library Journal also rated the film favorably. [5]

References

  1. ↑ Fair, Mikel. "Ghosts Of Our Forest, African Tribe Documentary". info.filmfestivalcircuit.com. Archived from the original on 2021-06-04. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
  2. ↑ "TV Guide movie reviews: Saturday May 1 to Sunday May 2". Stuff. 2021-04-30. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
  3. ↑ "GHOSTS OF OUR FOREST". Big Sky Documentary Film Festival. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
  4. ↑ P. Judkins Wellington (2018). "Film, Video, and Multimedia Review: Ghosts of Our Forest" . Ethnomusicology. 62 (2): 334. doi:10.5406/ethnomusicology.62.2.0334. JSTOR   10.5406/ethnomusicology.62.2.0334.
  5. ↑ "Ghosts of Our Forest". Library Journal. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
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