It's every director's nightmare: to return home without your material. This is exactly what happened to Rob Smits, the acclaimed director of Jungle Rudy and other documentaries. Smits is the epitome of a filmmaker who speaks through images, not words. Long, silent shots of ragged beauty are his trademark. At the beginning of Room 2017 we find him in a hotel room in Taipei. He has just returned from a trip to the Yanomami Indians in the deep green of Venezuela...
