A Modern Cannibal Tale…In 1955, Tobias Schneebaum disappeared in the Peruvian Amazon. One year later he walked out of the jungle...naked. It took him 45 years to go back.

"I am a cannibal... No matter into what corner of my mind I push those words, they flash along the surface of my brain like news along the track that runs around the building at Times Square." --Tobias Schneebaum, Keep The River On Your Right

In 1955, New York Artist Tobias Schneebaum disappeared into the depths of the Peruvian Amazon. He had no guide, no map, and only the vaguest of instructions: Keep the river on your right. A year later Schneebaum emerged from the jungle...naked, covered in body paint, and a modern-day cannibal.

Titled after Schneebaum's 1969 cult classic memoir about his formative experiences living in the Amazon, Keep The River On Your Right is the extraordinary stranger-than-fiction story of Schneebaum's return to the jungle, 45 years after his original visit, to reunite with the very tribesmen he both loved and who gave him nightmares for nearly half a century. A deeply affecting and searing portrait, sibling filmmakers Laurie and David Shapiro capture a man in utter conflict, a fearless adventurer, and one of the most charming, enigmatic, and perplexing men ever captured on screen.

A film beloved by critics and audiences across the country, Keep The River On Your Right is compelling as it is bizarre. Here, art, love, sex, self-discovery, adventure, and redemption come together in one truely remarkable tale.