Secrets of the Tribe
“A behind-the-scenes look at a scientific community torn apart by infighting.”
2010•1h 38m•6.9•Released
DocumentaryTV Movie
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.
Director
José Padilha
Languages
English, French, Portuguese
Studio
YLE
Cast
Robert Borofsky
Himself
Jesus Cardozo
Himself
Marie Isabel Eguillor
Herself
Brian Ferguson
Himself
Kenneth Good
Paul R. Gross
Raymond Hames
William Irons
Barbara Johnston
Herself
Ernesto Migliazza
Marie-Claude Mueller
Herself
Frank Salamone
Leslie Sponsel
Patrick Tierney
John Tooby
Production
Company
YLE
Company
DR
Company
Screen East
Company
Impact Partners
Company
Zazen Producciones
Company
Avenue B Productions
Company
SBS
Company
Stampede Films
Company
BBC
Company
HBO Documentary Films
Company
ARTE France Cinéma
Producer
Marcos Prado
Producer
Carol Nahra
Producer
Mike Chamberlain
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