Cannibal Tours

Cannibal Tours 1988 Released

Directed by Dennis O'Rourke

Documentary · 72 min

 

Cannibal Tours 1988 Released

Directed by Dennis O'Rourke

Documentary · 72 min

 

There is nothing so strange in a strange land, as the stranger who comes to visit it.

The film follows a number of European and American ecotourists as they travel from village to village throughout the Sepik River area in Papua New Guinea, driving hard bargains for local handcrafted items, paying to view formerly sacred ceremonies and taking photographs of every aspect of "primitive" life. With some prodding, the tourists unwittingly reveal an unattractive and pervasive ethnocentrism to O'Rourke's cameras. The tourists thus become somewhat dehumanized by... see more

There is nothing so strange in a strange land, as the stranger who comes to visit it.

The film follows a number of European and American ecotourists as they travel from village to village throughout the Sepik River area in Papua New Guinea, driving hard bargains for local handcrafted items, paying to view formerly sacred ceremonies and taking photographs of every aspect of "primitive" life. With some prodding, the tourists unwittingly reveal an unattractive and pervasive ethnocentrism to O'Rourke's cameras. The tourists thus become somewhat dehumanized by... see more
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RUNTIME
N/A min
RELEASED
Jun 14, 1988
COUNTRY
US
LANGUAGE
EN
SPOKEN
English, German, Hiri Motu, Italian
BUDGET
N/A
REVENUE
N/A