Recently premiering at Telluride Film Festival, Oka Amerikee is a film based on the life of “ethno-musicologist” Louis Sarno who, for 25 years, lived among the Bayakan Pygmies in the African rain forest recording sounds. His book, Last Thoughts Before Vanishing from the Face of the Earth, was the model for the project.
Starring in the film are Kris Marshall, Isaach De Bankole, Peter Riegert and Haviland Morris.
Lavinia Currier wrote and directed the film. She’s best known for the controversial Passion In The Desert, a film released in 1998 based on a short story by Honore De Balzac.
Currently, the film is making rounds on the festival circuit. Below is the trailer for the film.
Starring in the film are Kris Marshall, Isaach De Bankole, Peter Riegert and Haviland Morris.
Lavinia Currier wrote and directed the film. She’s best known for the controversial Passion In The Desert, a film released in 1998 based on a short story by Honore De Balzac.
Currently, the film is making rounds on the festival circuit. Below is the trailer for the film.
- 12/8/2010
- by Cynthia
- ShadowAndAct
Will Yun Lee has signed to star in the indie films "Oka! Amerikee" and "Hollywood Untitled."
"Oka!" is based on the true story of Louis Sarno, an American ethno-musicologist who lived among the Bayaka Pygmies in Central Africa for 25 years recording their music. Lee will play Yi, a Chinese businessman, alongside Kris Marshall and Isaach de Bankole.
Lavinia Currier, who wrote the screenplay and will direct, is producing the drama.
"United," written and directed by Mun Chee Yong, will star Lee as a young man struggling with the aftereffects of waking up from a coma caused by a car accident.
Brett Heneberg, Delon Tio and Shannon Makhanian are producing.
Lee, repped by Apa and the Collective, has appeared in "Elektra," "Die Another Day," "Torque," the HBO movie "Tsunami" and the FX series "Thief."...
"Oka!" is based on the true story of Louis Sarno, an American ethno-musicologist who lived among the Bayaka Pygmies in Central Africa for 25 years recording their music. Lee will play Yi, a Chinese businessman, alongside Kris Marshall and Isaach de Bankole.
Lavinia Currier, who wrote the screenplay and will direct, is producing the drama.
"United," written and directed by Mun Chee Yong, will star Lee as a young man struggling with the aftereffects of waking up from a coma caused by a car accident.
Brett Heneberg, Delon Tio and Shannon Makhanian are producing.
Lee, repped by Apa and the Collective, has appeared in "Elektra," "Die Another Day," "Torque," the HBO movie "Tsunami" and the FX series "Thief."...
- 8/2/2009
- by By Jay A. Fernandez
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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