This witty, charming film follows a group of rich and bourgeois tourists on a journey along the Sepik River in the jungles of Papua New Guinea. The camera watches and assesses as the travellers meet the natives who live in the villages along the route. The two sides tell their own stories, revealing to the viewer the comparisons between them. Above all, “Cannibal Tours” affords us a glimpse of the real reasons why “civilised” people wish to encounter the “primitive”. Rated: PG
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
300205
Language
English
Audience classification
PG
Subject categories
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Papua New Guinea
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Tourism
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Tourist trade
Documentary
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Papua New Guinea - Economic conditions
Feature films
Feature films → Feature films - Australia
Places → Papua New Guinea
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)