Eating with Cannibals

A Glimpse Into Primitive Cultures
Eating with Cannibals with Piers Gibbon documents tribes in Papua New Guinea that have, in the recent past, participated in cannibalism. Gibbon's travels to different tribes investigating if they still participate in the act of cannibalism, as well as, why they ate human meat. The tribes of Papua New Guinea live in extremely remote regions and live a very primitive lifestyle living off the land. These tribes enjoy very little of modernity that is afforded too many places in the world. Surprisingly, the tribes were very open to talking about cannibalism, why they participated in this taboo act, along with cultural aspects of their society. Gibbon's interviews tribesman who have actually ate other humans. Interspersed in the documentary are archival video clips of the tribes in the early 1970's. After watching this film it is possible that you view cannibalism not as a taboo subject but an aspect of their past culture. I won't provide a spoiler as to why they ate human meat but I will...





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