Secrets of the Tribe

Movie"A behind-the-scenes look at a scientific community torn apart by infighting."
Audience Score
65
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NR 1 hr 38 minTV Movie, Documentary
What happens when western anthropologists descend on the Amazon and make one of the last unacculturated tribes in existence, the Yanomami, the most exhaustively filmed and studied tribe on the planet? Despite their "do no harm" creed and scientific aims, the small army of anthropologists that has studied the Yanomami since the 1960s has wreaked havoc among the tribe – and sparked a war within the anthropology community itself.
StarringRobert BorofskyJesus CardozoMarie Isabel Eguillor
DirectorJosé Padilha

Movie Details

Original Language:Portuguese
Executive Producers:James D'Arcy, Dan Cogan, Diana Barrett, Abigail Disney, Sheila Nevins, Nick Fraser, Jim Swartz, Sheryl Crown
Production Companies:YLE, DR, Screen East, Impact Partners, Zazen Producciones, Avenue B Productions, SBS, Stampede Films, BBC, HBO Documentary Films, ARTE France Cinéma
Movie Tags:
exploitationamazon rainforestanthropologytribemoralitysociologyethicsrainforestethnocentrismprofessional ethics