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KEEP THE RIVER ON YOUR RIGHT is a startling
shot-on-video documentary that proves beyond
doubt that truth is stranger than fiction. The story
of Tobias Schneebaum, covers both spiritual and
geographical landscapes. A Jewish artist who also
turned out to be Gay, Schneebaum was an
outsider�s outsider until he journeyed into the
jungles of the Peruvian Amazon in the 1950�s and
became even more odd: a possible practising
cannibal. Exploring his return to the region
decades later, filmmakers Laurie and David Shapiro
document an incredible physical and emotional
journey to West Papua, where Tobias encounters
his old lover Aipit, and on - to the deep Amazonian
jungle. Keep The River On Your Right has all the
hallmarks of modern cult documentary classic, and
best of all, it�s true.
