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Song From the Forest Reviews
Neil Young The Hollywood Reporter
Alternating between the urban jungle of Manhattan and the rain-forest of Africa with metronomic aplomb, award-winning German journalist and author Michael Obert effects an belated, auspicious transition to film-making with Song From the Forest.
Full Review | Jun 15, 2015
Eric Kohn indieWire
By documenting Sarno's worldview, Song From the Forest compellingly foregrounds the ephemeral nature of all culture. Additionally, by demonstrating the intrinsically beautiful quality of the Bayaka's ways, it merges with his mission.
Full Review | Original Score: B+ | Jun 15, 2015
Mark Adams Screen International
An immersive delight.
Full Review | Jun 15, 2015
Michael Rechtshaffen Los Angeles Times
A strikingly poetic documentary that illustrates the push and pull of life's opposing forces.
Full Review | Apr 16, 2015
Jon Caramanica New York Times
This nonjudgmental documentary moves between New York City and the rain forests of the Central African Republic, where Mr. Sarno primarily lives. Both places are tugs of war between abundance and lack.
Full Review | Apr 9, 2015
Ernest Hardy Village Voice
Song is filled with great beauty and moments of everyday life that show that director Michael Obert has a fine sense of the power of the quotidian ...
Full Review | Apr 7, 2015
Daniel Walber Nonfics
Song from the Forest is a beautiful portrait of an American who has found his calling in Africa, elevated by director Michael Obert's grasp of the awkward tensions that result from such a mission.
Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 5, 2014
Peter Debruge Variety
A mesmerizing glimpse into Sarno's search for a sub-Saharan Walden and the implications of that choice.
Full Review | Apr 1, 2014
