A teacher from the capital city of Cameroon is sent to a remote forest to give remedial lessons to Pygmy children. Understanding that traditions are passed down through songs, he decides to use music to lure the children back to school.
A young teacher discovers that music is the magic key that unlocks education for Baka (pygmy) school children deep in the forest. Empty classrooms start to fill up in this remote and forgotten world. A chance to send a message to the outside world seems to materialize and their struggle against the destruction of their forest home is revealed in the process.—Alexandre Brecher