Abstract:

This is the moving story of the Penan, a unique tribe of rainforest nomads living in Sarawak, Borneo, part of Malaysia. After 40,000 years of living at one with the jungle, the tribe is being logged out of existence. A Swiss man, Bruno Manser, has spent the last five years living with the Penan people, completely adapting his lifestyle to theirs. He has helped to organize their resistance and publicize their plight. The film was made by a clandestine Australian crew in the hope of getting the story of the Penan and Bruno Manser (now wanted by the Malaysian Government) known to the outside world before it is too late.