Them and Me

New Guinea is all the rage. The savage dresses up in traditional garb and has to keep still for the photo. People look at Papuans in the same way as birds of paradise. They have forgotten that they use speech and select words. This film aims to reverse this approach and show how the 'native tribe' views the person studying it. The frustrations of the ethnologist and the speculations surrounding him are the theme of the film. This is not a documentary about an exotic society but about the exoticism of those who watch and, perhaps, about the art of exchanging looks.