Keep the River on Your Right: A Modern Cannibal Tale
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
David Shapiro
Tobias Schneebaum
Norman Mailer
Charlie Rose
Mike Douglas
Steven R Bernstein
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Synopsis
This documentary details the life of painter Tobias Schneebaum, who abandoned his cosmopolitan New York lifestyle during the 1950s to live and study with a cannibalistic tribe in Peru. A seemingly mild-mannered elderly Jewish New Yorker, Tobias is actually one of the most fearless adventurers of our time. On one hand, he is a shy, gay art historian, giving colorful lectures on primitive art and culture to Barnard students and wealthy travellers on cruise ships. On the other, he's a squeamish man who once called on neighbor Norman Mailer to dispose of a dead mouse. Why would such a man venture alone into the jungle to join headhunters and cannibals, become adopted into their tribe, study--and quite willingly participate in--their unique sexual practices, and even go so far as to join them in a meal of human flesh?
Crew
Steven R Bernstein
Peter Broderick
Tom Donahue
Tula Goenka
Jonathan Kovel
Paul O'leary
David Shapiro
David Shapiro
Laurie Gwen Shapiro
Laurie Gwen Shapiro
Mark Stolaroff
Chris Vroom
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Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of the Golden Starfish Award for Best Documentary at the 2000 Hamptons International Film Festival.
Released in United States Spring March 30, 2001
Released in United States April 20, 2001
Released in United States 2000
Released in United States April 2000
Released in United States October 2000
Released in United States 2001
Shown at docfest: New York International Film Festival May 31 and June 2-6, 2000.
Shown at Los Angeles Independent Film Festival April 13-18, 2000.
Shown at Hamptons International Film Festival (Starfish Documentaries) October 11-15, 2000.
Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival April 19 - May 3, 2001.
Released in United States Spring March 30, 2001
Released in United States April 20, 2001 (Los Angeles)
Released in United States 2000 (Shown at docfest: New York International Film Festival May 31 and June 2-6, 2000.)
Released in United States April 2000 (Shown at Los Angeles Independent Film Festival April 13-18, 2000.)
Released in United States October 2000 (Shown at Hamptons International Film Festival (Starfish Documentaries) October 11-15, 2000.)
Released in United States 2001 (Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival April 19 - May 3, 2001.)
