Linda Västrik's first feature documentary filmed on film. The idea of making it took shape after she had heard musical recordings from the Mbuti in Ituri Congo Zaire from 1942.
Forest of the Dancing Spirits was shot inside the tropical rain forest of the Congo Basin and has the worlds longest shooting times on location with participants living in such remote locations. The film was made right after the civil war in Congo-Brazzaville and is the first extended document produced from inside of this country at this time.
Since Linda Västrik did not master the local language and didn't want to use translators that often, she often spoke to the Aka people in her native language Swedish and this way managed to communicate surprisingly well.