A DREAMER AND THE DREAMTRIBE

The Temiar Senoi, an indigenous people of Malaysia, live in the realm of a unique dream culture. Their exceptionally harmonious and nonviolent way of living has been claimed to be a direct result of their dream directed habits. Their sole aim is to exist in balance with nature and their fellow man. But nature is under threat by a massive rain forest logging operation masterminded by the Malaysian government. And the tribe itself is under another, direct threat by the same government, who are trying to institute modern customs among the tribes, including state religion and education programs. In the 1930s, Kilton Stewart, an enigmatic American explorer/psychologist/adventurer, visited the tribe and developed the “Senoi Dream Technique”, which aims at personal development through conscious control of dream content. The documentary is a story about a unique tribe whose fight for existence is also a fight for a dream tradition.