Keep The River On Your Right DVD

A Modern Cannibal Tale... In 1955 Tobias Schneebaum disappeared in the Peruvian Amazon. One year later he walked out of the jungle... naked. It took him 45 yearsito go back. I am a cannibal... No matter into what corner of my mind I push those words they flash along the surface of my brain like news along the track that runs around the building at Times Square. -Tobias Schneebaum Keep The River On Your Right In 1955 New York Artist Tobias Schneebaum disappeared into the depths of the Peruvian Amazon. He had no guide no map and only the vaguest of instructions: Keep... the river on your right. A year later Schneebaum emerged from the jungle...naked covered in body paint and a modern-day cannibal. Titled after Schneebaum's 1969 cult classic memoir about his formative experiences living in the Amazon Keep The River On Your Right is the extraordinary stranger-than-fiction story of Schneebaum's return to the jungle 45 years after his original visit to reunite with the very tribesmen he both loved and who gave him nightmares for nearly half a century. A deeply affecting and searing portrait sibling filmmakers Laurie and David Shapiro capture a man in utter conflict a fearless adventurer and one of the most charming enigmatic and perplexing men ever captured on screen. A film critically acclaimed Keep The River On Your Right is compelling as it is bizarre. Here art love sex self-discovery adventure and redemption come together in one truely remarkable tale. [show more]

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