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

Heute, Dienstag, 21.12., 19.45, Raum 1.05 zeigen wir in der Filmreihe Exotismus pur:

Cannibal Toursdirected and produced by Dennis O'Rourke photography - Dennis O'Rourke / editing - Tim Litchfield associate producers - L.J. Henderson & Chris Owen 72 minutes 35mm/16mm/video Rated G 1988 When tourists journey to the furthermost reaches of the Sepik River in Papua New Guinea, is it the indigenous tribespeople or the white visitors who are the cultural oddity? This film expolores the difference (and the surprising similarities) that emerge when "civilized" and "primitive" people meet. With dry humor and acute observation Cannibal Tours explodes cultural assumptions as it provides a pointed look at a fabulous phenomenon.

Cannibal Tours reveals its charm little by little. The two tribes eloquently tell their own stories, and imagery becomes increasingly important: bikinis among the crocodiles, a Pepsi-Cola T-shirt among the shuffling tribal dancers. And throughout there is comedy -- a tribal elder recalls: "When the first Europeans arrived, the people cried out, 'Our dead ancestors have returned!' So now when we see tourists we say about them, 'The dead have come back!'…We don't seriously believe it, but we do say it."

Für weitere Infos über Dennis O'Rourke und seine Filme besucht ihr am besten die Homepage seiner Produktionsfirma.

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