;INKULAL – REEL 1

:Final English Subtitles

;with italics

 

0001 01:02:15:09 01:02:23:17

 

Use your fingers

and see if the baby is near.

 

0002 01:02:46:11 01:02:49:24

 

This kid is really strong!

 

0003 01:02:51:11 01:02:57:20

 

Akaya, it will be your turn next!

 

0004 01:04:05:04 01:04:11:16

 

The biggest event for us

is when a child is born.

 

0005 01:04:11:19 01:04:16:04

 

Children guarantee

our lives will continue.

 

0006 01:04:16:07 01:04:18:15

 

Everything starts over again.

 

0007 01:04:24:21 01:04:31:00

 

Every day the children learn about life.

That makes us feel safe.

 

0008 01:04:40:18 01:04:47:22

 

Before there were Aka here,

our god Komba thought, "I feel lonely."

 

0009 01:04:48:00 01:04:50:09

 

So Komba found us

and gathered us together.

 

0010 01:04:53:22 01:04:56:15

 

Stung by a bee?

- Yes.

 

0011 01:04:57:19 01:05:01:04

 

Careful.

 

0012 01:05:03:12 01:05:09:02

 

Komba discovered everything.

The animals, the forest, everything.

 

0013 01:05:09:24 01:05:12:15

 

Komba gave us all the knowledge

about the forest.

 

0014 01:05:16:14 01:05:18:11

 

Should we really chop that down?

 

0015 01:05:32:16 01:05:36:05

 

Honey!

That's always tasty!

 

0016 01:05:36:08 01:05:40:15

 

Mine had a little honey in it.

What was yours like?

 

0017 01:05:41:07 01:05:43:23

 

Got a bee in your eye?

- Yes, and honey also.

 

0018 01:05:44:01 01:05:46:02

 

Why don't you eat like a normal person?

 

0019 01:05:55:12 01:05:58:03

 

I am glad you found us, Linda.

 

0020 01:06:00:01 01:06:05:04

 

And that you want to share our story

with your people.

 

0021 01:06:25:16 01:06:30:06

 

Wait, I am going to close my eyes.

 

0022 01:06:31:03 01:06:36:01

 

Linda, there is so much you don't know.

 

0023 01:06:36:04 01:06:39:06

 

Now I am going to tell you.

 

0024 01:06:47:24 01:06:58:22

 

The first Aka lived in an endless

forest, with Komba and the animals.

 

0025 01:07:02:13 01:07:08:09

 

The first women lived only

with other women.

 

0026 01:07:08:13 01:07:14:13

 

The men were so far away

we didn't even know they existed.

 

0027 01:07:17:18 01:07:24:05

 

Our eldest woman, the first woman,

was named Toli.

 

0028 01:07:24:09 01:07:28:13

 

Komba told Toli

about these creatures, the men.

 

0029 01:07:31:11 01:07:38:15

 

Toli was curious about

these other human beings.

 

0030 01:07:39:11 01:07:47:17

 

She walked far into the forest

and found droppings and footprints.

 

0031 01:07:47:20 01:07:57:01

 

The footprints were deep.

She knew they were heavier than her.

 

0032 01:07:58:15 01:08:04:23

 

She found their nest and observed

this new type of heavy creature.

 

0033 01:08:10:16 01:08:13:07

 

They had dismal lives.

 

0034 01:08:13:10 01:08:20:10

 

They had painful sex with Mapobe,

a hard, dry, small fruit.

 

0035 01:08:21:11 01:08:26:15

 

With Mapobe,

men could make baby boys.

 

0036 01:08:27:17 01:08:31:08

 

But men could do something

we women could not do.

 

0037 01:08:34:01 01:08:40:22

 

They could climb high into trees

filled with poisonous bees

 

0038 01:08:41:00 01:08:47:00

 

and collect the sweetest honey.

 

0039 01:08:52:14 01:09:01:08

 

One night when the men sat around

the fire, Toli walked into their camp.

 

0040 01:09:02:06 01:09:07:15

 

When she looked at them,

all their penises became erect.

 

0041 01:09:08:17 01:09:15:20

 

Toli had sex with all of them

and tasted their honey.

 

0042 01:09:24:01 01:09:27:06

 

Linda, let's go.

 

0043 01:09:42:18 01:09:45:06

 

Get up now and help tidy up!

 

0044 01:09:47:14 01:09:51:23

 

Why am I the only one

who cleans up this pigsty?

 

0045 01:09:52:20 01:09:59:05

 

Look at this dump!

Trash everywhere!

 

0046 01:10:05:00 01:10:10:01

 

I'm a well-liked chief

because I'm kind.

 

0047 01:10:10:04 01:10:15:10

 

I love all people and I'm fair.

 

0048 01:10:15:15 01:10:18:19

 

I side with justice in any conflict.

 

0049 01:10:20:00 01:10:24:18

 

A woman should be chief!

They decide everything!

 

0050 01:10:24:21 01:10:28:14

 

I agree!

That works in Monbello!

 

0051 01:10:28:17 01:10:34:04

 

Here you stay boss until you are old,

useless and white in the face!

 

0052 01:10:36:12 01:10:40:10

 

Sometimes women become bosses here,

 

0053 01:10:40:15 01:10:45:22

 

but they can only be boss

of the shit work.

 

0054 01:10:48:12 01:10:54:13

 

Mapiki is my sister-in-law.

She's divorced.

 

0055 01:10:56:04 01:11:00:20

 

Akaya is my granddaughter,

my son's first child.

 

0056 01:11:05:24 01:11:10:19

 

Kengole and I have been married

for a long time now,

 

0057 01:11:10:23 01:11:14:09

 

and we're surrounded by kids...

 

0058 01:11:15:09 01:11:17:17

 

a hell of a lot of kids.

 

0059 01:11:19:05 01:11:22:16

 

We don't have kids of our own yet...

 

0060 01:11:24:10 01:11:28:11

 

but it's happening as you can see.

 

0061 01:11:29:20 01:11:33:19

 

Soon our lives will be filled

with new meaning.

 

0062 01:11:37:05 01:11:43:23

 

We love each other dearly,

the only thing missing is a child.

 

0063 01:11:44:19 01:11:50:15

 

The meaning of life is to make children.

 

0064 01:11:51:20 01:11:55:11

 

Have kids and live together with them.

 

0065 01:12:02:00 01:12:05:05

 

Here is my son, Antoine!

 

0066 01:12:05:08 01:12:07:22

 

Look at us!

We are eating sweet potatoes!

 

0067 01:12:10:02 01:12:14:00

 

It's sweet potatoes.

Not just any root,

 

0068 01:12:14:03 01:12:17:12

 

but something growing in our earth.

 

0069 01:12:17:15 01:12:20:03

 

We are eating sweet potatoes!

 

0070 01:12:22:04 01:12:24:16

 

You are Linda and I am Amy,

 

0071 01:12:24:19 01:12:28:22

 

and all of us are being captured

in their baskets.

 

0072 01:12:42:11 01:12:45:18

 

Akaya's mother, Engbondo.

 

0073 01:12:47:12 01:12:52:07

 

Chop now if you are going to chop,

otherwise we'll run out of film.

 

0074 01:13:00:22 01:13:06:15

 

She is not always so happy.

Her brother Dibota died recently.

 

0075 01:13:29:05 01:13:31:20

 

Disembe, Akaya's great-aunt.

 

0076 01:13:32:12 01:13:36:14     

 

Komba was the first

to discover the forest.

 

0077 01:13:37:10 01:13:44:09

 

All of us walk here, you and me,

because Komba discovered the world.

 

0078 01:13:46:05 01:13:50:22

 

Komba used to live here

together with us.

 

0079 01:13:51:11 01:13:54:23

 

Now Komba lives in heaven.

 

0080 01:13:55:01 01:14:02:21

 

Komba, who discovered everything,

the entire world!

 

0081 01:14:04:18 01:14:10:24

 

When we Aka are going out into

the forest, we pray to our god Komba:

 

0082 01:14:11:02 01:14:15:17

 

"Komba, let me find

something tasty today."

 

0083 01:14:15:20 01:14:21:06

 

Then you are at Komba's mercy.

 

0084 01:14:24:04 01:14:26:20

 

We should have brought the axe.

 

0085 01:14:26:24 01:14:31:05

 

Libako, will we get an easy catch today?

 

0086 01:14:31:08 01:14:34:15

 

During the dry season,

the tunnels are very long.

 

0087 01:14:59:05 01:15:04:03

 

No animals, just holes.

 

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