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Secrets of the Tribe

Secrets of the Tribe

Documentary
2010, Movie, 1h 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.
Country: United States,Venezuela,United Kingdom,Brazil
Director:
José Padilha
Cast:
Napoleon Chagnon,
Marie Isabel Eguillor,
Kenneth Good,
Barbara Johnston
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José Padilha
Director
Kenneth Good
As Himself
Barbara Johnston
As Herself
Terence Turner
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Edward O. Wilson
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William Irons
As Himself

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In the 1960s and '70s, a flood of researchers descended on the Amazon Basin to study the Yanomami Indians, but their approach sparked controversy within the anthropology community. Despite their "do no harm" creed, the researchers' presence had a profound impact on the tribe, causing social disruption, the emergence of new diseases, and even allegations of sexual abuse and murder. Thirty years later, the details of this encounter between two worlds were revealed, casting a shadow of shame on the scientific institutions involved.

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