Ahô: The Forest People Explained

Ahô: The Forest People
Native Name:
Director:François Floquet
Daniel Bertolino
Producer:François Floquet
Daniel Bertolino
Narrator:Georges Perec
Cinematography:François Boucher
Editing:François Arnaud
Pierre Larocque
Studio:Via le Monde
Distributor:Les Films Mutuels
Runtime:91 minutes
Country:Canada
Language:French

Ahô: The Forest People (French: Ahô... au coeur du monde primitif) is a 1975 Canadian documentary film, directed by François Floquet and Daniel Bertolino.[1] The film is a portrait of various indigenous peoples around the world who still live in traditional forest or jungle settings rather than westernized towns and cities, including indigenous groups from Cameroon, Brazil, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.[1]

The film won the Canadian Film Award for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 27th Canadian Film Awards in 1976.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Phyllis Platt, "Daniel Bertolino's and François Floquet's Ahô... au coeur du monde primitif". Cinema Canada, December 1975/January 1976. pp. 46-47.
  2. Les Wedman, "'Lies' named Canada's best at Film Awards". Windsor Star, October 25, 1976. p. 18.