Cannibal Tours
1988, English. Directed by Dennis O'Rourke.
There is nothing so strange in a strange land, as the stranger who comes to visit it.
The film follows a number of European and American ecotourists as they travel from village to village throughout the Sepik River area in Papua New Guinea, driving hard bargains for local handcrafted items, paying to view formerly sacred ceremonies and taking photographs of every aspect of "primitive" life. With some prodding, the tourists unwittingly reveal an unattractive and pervasive ethnocentrism to O'Rourke's cameras. The tourists thus become somewhat dehumanized by the camera, even as the tourists themselves are busy exoticizing even the most mundane aspects of Sepik River life.
- Runtime
- 1h 12m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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- Released
- 14 June 1988
- Country
- Australia, Papua New Guinea
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Cannibal Tours runs 72 minutes (1h 12m).
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Cannibal Tours isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 14 June 1988. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed Cannibal Tours?
Cannibal Tours (1988) was directed by Dennis O'Rourke.