
Secrets of the Tribe
Visit website6.5/10 • 8
2010-01-22 • 1h 38m
A behind-the-scenes look at a scientific community torn apart by infighting.
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.
- Directors
- José Padilha
- Editors
- José Padilha

Secrets of the Tribe
Visit website2010-01-22 • 1h 38m
6.5/10 • 8
A behind-the-scenes look at a scientific community torn apart by infighting.
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.
- Directors
- José Padilha
- Editors
- José Padilha
Top Billed Cast
View CreditsRobert Borofsky
Himself
Jesus Cardozo
Himself
Marie Isabel Eguillor
Herself
Brian Ferguson
Himself
Kenneth Good
Paul R. Gross
Raymond Hames
William Irons
Barbara Johnston
Herself
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- Portuguese
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- Keywords
- exploitationtribeamazon rainforestanthropologymoralitysociologyrainforestprofessional ethicsethicsethnocentrism