Oka! (2010)
Based on the memoir Last Thoughts Before Vanishing From the Face of the Earth by ethnomusicologist Louis Sarno, Oka! recounts his time spent in the Central African Republic with a tribe known as the Bayaka of Yandombe. Director Lavinia Currier and actors Kris Marshall and Isaach de Bankolé retrace Sarno's efforts to capture the music of the indigenous pygmies, while the tribe tries to balance its traditions with the progress spreading through the Congo. ~ Rachel Sprovtsoff, Rovi
- Starring:
- Kris Marshall, Isaach de Bankolé, (more)
- Director(s):
- Lavinia Currier
Synopsis of Oka!
Based on the memoir Last Thoughts Before Vanishing From the Face of the Earth by ethnomusicologist Louis Sarno, Oka! recounts his time spent in the Central African Republic with a tribe known as the Bayaka of Yandombe. Director Lavinia Currier and actors Kris Marshall and Isaach de Bankolé retrace Sarno's efforts to capture the music of the indigenous pygmies, while the tribe tries to balance its traditions with the progress spreading through the Congo. ~ Rachel Sprovtsoff, Rovi
Complete Cast of Oka!
- Kris Marshall - Larry Whitman
- Peter Riegert - Doc
- Will Yun Lee - Mr. Yi
- Isaach de Bankolé - Mayor Bassoun
- Haviland Morris - Lydia
- Sebastian Beacon - Derek
- Director(s):
- Lavinia Currier
- Writer(s):
- Suzanne Stroh, Lavinia Currier, Louis Sarno
- Producer(s):
- James Bruce, Lavinia Currier
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