Our World Baka: Growing Up
The third and final programme on the Baka people from East Cameroon focuses on the children of the pygmy tribe especially Ali, the unexpected star of the Baka trilogy. Six-year-old Ali learns to swim, sees plant medicines produced, watches an older boy have his teeth filed and helps teach his sister Kamal (born at the end of the first film) about the forest. Director Phil Agland spent two years filming the Baka people, and, as always in his documentaries, his patience paid off with delightful and surprising anthropological insights into Baka culture. In a real coup, the film captures an initiation ceremony performed on a group of older boys as they make the transition into manhood.
Weekly documentary series from Television New Zealand (TVNZ).
Primary Title
- Our World
Episode Title
- Baka: Growing Up
Date Broadcast
- Sunday 14 January 1990
Channel
- TV One
Broadcaster
- Television New Zealand
Programme Description
- Weekly documentary series from Television New Zealand (TVNZ).
Episode Description
- The third and final programme on the Baka people from East Cameroon focuses on the children of the pygmy tribe especially Ali, the unexpected star of the Baka trilogy. Six-year-old Ali learns to swim, sees plant medicines produced, watches an older boy have his teeth filed and helps teach his sister Kamal (born at the end of the first film) about the forest. Director Phil Agland spent two years filming the Baka people, and, as always in his documentaries, his patience paid off with delightful and surprising anthropological insights into Baka culture. In a real coup, the film captures an initiation ceremony performed on a group of older boys as they make the transition into manhood.
Classification
- G
Owning Collection
- Archive of Maori and Pacific Media
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Contributors
- Phil Agland (Director)