POV OVER SWAMPY RAIN FOREST RIVER. VILLAGE. TREES REFLECTED IN THE WATER.

AFRICAN WOMEN WEARING LOINCLOTHS MADE OUT OF LEAVES
CHOPPING AT UNDERGROWTH WITH MACHETES. CLEARING LAND.

PYGMY BOY RESTS ON LARGE LEAVES TAKES A NAP

PYGMY MOTHER BREAST FEEDS HER BABY

GIRL USES HER TEETH TO TEAR AWAY A PIECE OF STEM FROM
LEAF BEFORE ADDING IT TO THE HUT SHE IS BUILDING,

PYGMIES USE BLUNT END OF THEIR SPEARS ON FOREST FLOOR
POKING AROUND FOR TORTOISES. HUNTING FOR FOOD IN THE
RAIN FOREST MEN HOLDS UP THEIR CATCHES, HOLD UP
TORTOISES.

MEN CELEBRATE THEIR SUCESSFUL HUNT. PYGMY DANCE,
PIGMY DANCES. "THE TORTOISE DANCE" ETHNIC DANCE.

PYGMY HUNTERS FIND A CROCODILE NEST MADE OUT OF MUD
AND BRUSH THEY QUICKLY GATHER EGGS FROM THE NEST.
PUTTING EGGS IN WOODEN OR LEATHER BASKET

MAN CARVES A WOODEN SPEAR USING A MACHETE

PYGMY WOMEN SEPARATE THE BULBS FROM DIRT, BOIL BULBS
UP RAIN FOREST WOMEN PREPARE DINNER. FEEDING THE
GROUP. COMMUNITY EFFORT.

ROLLING FOREST STREAM WATER FALLS

CRANE WADING BIRD EATS FROM STREAM USES LONG BILL
& NECK TO GET FOOD

PYGMY KIDS SQUEAL WITH DELIGHT SPLASHING IN THE WATER
PYGMY PLAY. CLASSIC SWING ROPE ACROSS THE STREAM.
KIDS AT PLAY.

RAIN FOREST DEER GROOMS ITSELF IN THE STREAM

PYGMY KIDS PLAYING IN THE WATER

PYGMY GIRLS PLAY PATTY-CAKE AND SING. UNIVERSAL GAMES

PYGMY VILLAGE IN THE RAIN FOREST. PYGMY BOY TAKES A
NAP

FLOCK OF BIRDS. PYGMY HUNTERS SPOT A BULL ELEPHANT IN
A CLEARING. SYMBOLIC ACT. PYGMY LEADER SPITS ON THE
GROUND HOPING TO BRING GOOD LUCK IN THE HUNT.
RITUALS.

MOTHER TIES GRASS SKIRT ON HER DAUGHTER.

PYGMY HUNTERS HUNT FOR FOOD. LEADER USES HAND
GESTURES TO COMMUNICATE TO THE OTHERS IN SILENCE.
NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION. PICKS UP A LEAF WET WITH
THE URINE OF A RED RIVER HOG. SMELLS THE LEAF. CUPS
HIS HANDS AND IMITATES ANIMAL SOUND. COMMUNICATES
WITH OTHER HUNTERS USING BIRD SOUNDS. HUNTERS RUN
THROUGH THE RAIN FOREST FOLLOWING THE SOUND. HUNTER
HAS KILLED A HOG. SHOWS BENT SPEAR WITH ANIMAL BLOOD.
PUTS AWAY TO FIX LATER.

HUNTERS RETURN TO THE VILLAGE WITH FRESH KILL.

CHILDREN MASH PLANT BULBS INTO A FLOUR AND STIR IN
BOILING WATER. MAKING FOOD SIMILAR TO A DUMPLING. BOY
HAS FLOUR ALL OVER HIM. CHILDREN CHOPPING VEGETABLES

PYGMY MEN LOOKING FOR DEAD BEES, CLUE FOR LOCATION OF
HONEYCOMB. PYGMY STRIKES HIS BROW TO INDICATE TO
OTHERS HE'S FOUND A BEE'S NEST. NON-VERBAL
COMMUNICATION. PYGMY CLIMBS A TREE OTHERS LIGHT A
FIRE. FAN THE FIRE WITH LEAVES. PYGMY WEAVES A BASKET
TO CARRY THE HONEYCOMB IN. ROLLS UP BUNDLE OF
SMOULDERING TWIGS TO SMOKE OUT THE BEES. CU
HONEYCOMB. BEES SWARN AROUND. MEN EAT THE HONEYCOMB.

BOY MAKES A SWEET DRINK OUT OF THE HONEYCOMB AND
DRINKS IT FROM A COCONUT SHELL.

BONGO ANTELOPE WITH SPIRALY TWISTED HORNS & WHITE
STRIPES. CENTRAL AFRICAN FOREST ANIMALS.

CHILDREN SING AS THEY CLEAR UNDERBRUSH TO USE AS A
DAM MAKING A DAM OUT OF BRANCHES AND MUD. MOTHER
BREAST FEEDS HER BABY.

WOMEN GATHER SQUIRMING FISH THROW THEM INTO BASKETS.
PYGMY WOMEN FISHING.

PYGMY CUTS OFF WHITE SPOTS ON THE BONGO'S HEAD,
BAJAAKAN BELIEF THAT EVIL SPIRITS LIVE IN THE WHITE
SPOTS. CUTS WHITE SPOTS OFF ANIMAL'S LEG. CU DEAD
ANTELOPE.

CU PYGMY HUNTERS SMOKING HASHISH OUT OF PIPE WITH A
LARGE BOWL. GETTING HIGH. SMOKING DOPE. CU STONED
PYGMIES. CEREMONY. RITUALS. CELEBRATION OF SUCCESSFUL
HUNT.

STRETCHING ANTELOPE SKIN DRIED NEAR THE FIRE

PYGMY GETTING HIS HEAD SHAVED. PYGMY SYMBOL OF BEAUTY
CU USING A RAZOR BLADE TO SHAVE HEAD. WIFE SHAVES
HUSBAND'S HEAD. PYGMY TATTOO. RUBS BLACK ASH ON SMALL
OF THE BACK

PYGMY POUNDS MIXTURE UP AND PRESSES THE JUICE OUT.
ANCIENT HUNTING TOOLS. PAINTS THE MIXTURE ON THE END
OF SPEARS. POISON SPEAR HEADS DRIED ON THE FIRE.
ARROWS CUT TO LENGTH

PYGMY HUNTERS IN THE RAIN FOREST ON A HUNT. STAND AT
MASSIVE TREE TRUNK. DEEP IN THE BUSH HUNTERS HEAR
APES IN THE TREETOPS. TO LURE APES DOWN, PYGMY USES A
FLUTE TO IMITATE THE CRY OF A AN EAGLE, THE APE'S
GREATEST ENEMY. HUNTERS RAISE THEIR CROSSBOWS AND
SHOOT POISON ARROWS. HUNTERS KILL TWO APES. HUNTER
PULLS THE POISON ARROW OUT OF THE DEAD APE. USES IT'S
TAIL TO FASHION A STRAP TO CARRY IT BACK TO THE
VILLAGE

PYGMY MEN CUT UP HUGE BULL ELEPHANT THEY KILLED WITH
SHORT SPEARS. CUTS OUT THE ENTRAILS. ENTIRE VILLAGE
WATCHES

PYGMY MAN PREPARES HIS FEET TO WALK ON A SMOKING HOT
METAL SPEAR. "FIRE WALKING" CU FOOT ON SMOKING HOT
PIECE OF METAL. MIND OVER MATTER.

PYGMY DANCE, MUSIC AND SONG. ETHNIC DANCE, COSTUME,
MUSIC

PAN RAIN FOREST & RIVER