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201865 minGdocumentary

Message in a Bottle

201865 minGdocumentary

A teacher travels from Cameroon's capital to a remote forest to provide remedial lessons to Pygmy children using music as a tool for engagement.

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Alexandre Brecher,

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A teacher travels from Cameroon's capital to a remote forest to provide remedial lessons to Pygmy children using music as a tool for engagement.

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Alexandre Brecherdirector

Sammy Hossennydirector

Alexandre Brecherwriter

Synopsis

A teacher from Yaoundé, Cameroon, travels to a remote forest to provide remedial lessons to children. He discovers that the local Pygmy community values music as a means of passing down traditions. To engage the children, he incorporates songs into his teaching methods. This approach aims to draw them back to school and reconnect them with their cultural heritage. The film runs for 65 minutes and was released in 2018.

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