It is historically the first ever feature film in the Cinema of the Central African Republic.[1] The film was also co-produced in Gabon and Cameroon.[2][3][4] The film is adapted based on a novel written by Étienne Goyémidé with the same title Le silence de la forêt.[5] The film was based on the ethnic minority group of African Pygmies and it is also the first film to significantly address the racism of modern Africans towards indigenous ethnic African Biaka people.[6]