Secrets of the Tribe

20101h 38min

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.

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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.

Released
January 22, 2010
Runtime
1h 38min
Director
José Padilha
Genre
DocumentaryTV Movie
Language
Portuguese
Production
YLE, DR, Screen East, Impact Partners, Zazen Producciones, Avenue B Productions, SBS, Stampede Films, BBC, HBO Documentary Films, ARTE France Cinéma
Cast
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