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David Shapiro (filmmaker)
''Keep the River on Your Right: A Modern Cannibal Tale'' is a 2000 documentary film about the travels of American anthropologist and artist Tobias Schneebaum, directed by brother-and-sister filmmakers David Shapiro and Laurie Gwen Shapiro. Content Taking its title from his 1969 book, ''Keep the River on Your Right'', the film covers material from several of Schneebaum's other books and articles. In the film, Schneebaum, by then an elderly man, revisits two cannibal tribes—one in Papua New Guinea and the other in the jungles of Peru—with whom he had lived several years each as a young man. He and the filmmakers manage to locate a few of the individuals he had known well during those periods. Personal participation Schneebaum is remarkably honest about his same-sex relationships with members of both tribes, his childhood fetishizing of cannibalism, and his actual tasting of human flesh with one group. His extensive training in art allowed him to bond with different cultures he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurie Gwen Shapiro
Laurie Gwen Shapiro is an American writer and filmmaker born and raised in New York City, where she currently resides. Shapiro is a graduate of Stuyvesant High School and Syracuse University's S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Newhouse School of Communications (1988). Her 2001 documentary film ''Keep the River on Your Right: A Modern Cannibal Tale'', which she co-produced and co-directed with her brother David, received numerous awards, including: * Best Documentary Feature; Hamptons International Film Festival, 2000 * Special Jury Award; International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, 2000 * Audience Award, Special Critics Award; Los Angeles Independent Film Festival, 2000 * Truer Than Fiction Award; IFP Independent Spirit Awards, 2001 * Best Documentary; Newport Beach Film Festival, 2001 * Nominated for 2010 Emmy for Finishing Heaven – Producer Her semi-autobiographical first novel, ''The Unexpected Salami'', was named an ALA Notable Book in 1998. Books * ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |