Secrets of the Tribe 2010

A behind-the-scenes look at a scientific community torn apart by infighting.

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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.

Release Date 2010-01-22
Runtime 1h 38m
Directors José Padilha, Tuki Jencquel, Reynaldo Zangrandi, Lula Carvalho
Producers James D'Arcy, Jo Lapping, Caroline Bonmarchand, Carol Nahra, Sara Bernstein, Dan Cogan, Abigail Disney, Nick Fraser, Jim Swartz, Diana Barrett, Sheryl Crown, Sheila Nevins, Mike Chamberlain, Marcos Prado
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