After wasting his grant money, anthropologist James Krippendorf, who just lost his wife, is depressed and must prove the existence of a New Guinea tribe that hasn't been found yet. Grass skirts, make-up, and staged rituals turn his three troubled children into the Shelmikedmu, a primitive people whose habits fascinate scholars. But when a mean-spirited rival threatens to expose Krippendorf's trick, he joins in as well.
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After wasting his grant money, anthropologist James Krippendorf, who just lost his wife, is depressed and must prove the existence of a New Guinea tribe that hasn't been found yet. Grass skirts, make-up, and staged rituals turn his three troubled children into the Shelmikedmu, a primitive people whose habits fascinate scholars. But when a mean-spirited rival threatens to expose Krippendorf's trick, he joins in as well.
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