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Article: Big adventures with the little people; A behind-the-scenes look at a fascinating documentary on life alongside Africa's mighty Congo river.(Features)
- Article from:
- The Mirror (London, England)
- Article date:
- January 27, 2001
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Byline: Sally Morgan
They may be only 4ft 6in, but size doesn't matter to the BaAka pygmies, who live deep in the heart of the Congo. Certainly they took tall, white westerners to their hearts during the making of a new BBC2 documentary - the women even flirting with a cameraman who towered above them.
"A few pygmy women fluttered their eyelashes at our cameraman Mike Fox, who's 6ft 8ins and good-looking," admits Brian Leith, producer of Congo, a new three-part documentary about life surrounding the 2,900 mile-long river.
Not only that but the ...