Secrets of the Tribe

Secrets of the Tribe

98 mins | Documentary, TV Movie | Jan. 22, 2010

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.

Secrets of the Tribe

98 mins | Documentary, TV Movie | Jan. 22, 2010

Secrets of the Tribe
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.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers ARTE France Cinéma, Danmarks Radio (DR), BBC, Yle, Screen East, Impact Partners, HBO Documentary Films, Zazen Producciones, Avenue B Productions, SBS TV, Stampede Films
Original title Segredos da Tribo
Directors Tuki Jencquel, José Padilha
Writers

Cast

Robert Borofsky

as Himself

Jesus Cardozo

as Himself

Brian Ferguson

as Himself

Kenneth Good

as / Himself

Paul R. Gross

as / Himself

Raymond Hames

as / Himself

William Irons

as / Himself

Barbara Johnston

as Herself

Ernesto Migliazza

as / Himself

Frank Salamone

as / Himself

Leslie Sponsel

as / Himself

Patrick Tierney

as / Himself

John Tooby

as / Himself

Terence Turner

as / Himself

Edward O. Wilson

as / Himself