Song from the Forest is a 2013 German documentary film written and directed by Michael Obert.

[1] The film premiered on 21 November 2013 at International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, where it was honored with the Best Feature Length Documentary Award.

[2] Louis Sarno is an American who decided to travel to the Central African jungle after hearing a song played on the radio.

25 years later Louis is taking his pygmy son Samedi to America as part of a promise, but he soon discovers that he is no longer truly a part of American society any longer and that globalization is having a serious effect on the rainforests.

[6][7][8] The Hollywood Reporter praised the film and wrote "Quietly resonant documentary on an unusual father/son relationship finds fresh notes among familiar ethnographic themes.