Asmat

The Asmat people live on the southwestern coast of West Papua. a land that has long remained free of outsiders, discouraged by the Asmats' terrifying reputation as cannibals and headhunters.

The film tells the story of Rufinus, a 20-year-old Asmat man about to be married. But before he can wed, he must capture and kill a cassowary – the great solitary bird that lives in the depths of the jungle.

Completing this ordeal will give Rufinus a true sense of belonging among the Asmat people, whom their neighbors, the Mimikans, call "We mana wé" – the men who eat men. Interwoven with the wedding, rare and spectacular archival footage retraces the history of this feared people.