Keep the River on Your Right (2001)
3.5 of 5 from 45 ratings
93 minutes
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
"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".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 beloved by critics and audiences across the country, 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. - Actors:
- Tobias Schneebaum, Norman Mailer, Michael Nelson Rockefeller
- Directors:
- David Shapiro, Laurie Gwen Shapiro
- Writers:
- David Shapiro, Laurie Shapiro
- Genres:
- Documentary
More like Keep the River on Your Right
Not released
Not released
Not released