Krippendorf's Tribe
94 min
1998
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Krippendorf's Tribe
Krippendorf's Tribe
94 min
1998
4.5
After squandering his grant money, despondent and recently widowed anthropologist James Krippendorf must produce hard evidence of the existence of a heretofore undiscovered New Guinea tribe. Grass skirts, makeup, and staged rituals transform his three troubled children into the Shelmikedmu, a primitive culture whose habits enthrall scholars. But when a spiteful rival threatens to blow the whistle on Krippendorf's ruse, he gets into the act as well.
Country
Released
27 Feb, 1998
based on novel or book
single parent
professor
expedition
circumcision
college
family relationships
anthropology
jungle
monkey
lecture
lost tribe
faked footage
hoax
papua new guinea
new guinea
circumcision ritual
