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Secrets of the Tribe

"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.

Top Cast

  • Robert Borofsky

    Robert Borofsky

    Himself

  • Jesus Cardozo

    Jesus Cardozo

    Himself

  • Marie Isabel Eguillor

    Marie Isabel Eguillor

    Herself

  • Brian Ferguson

    Brian Ferguson

    Himself

  • Kenneth Good

    Kenneth Good

  • Paul R. Gross

    Paul R. Gross

  • Raymond Hames

    Raymond Hames

  • William Irons

    William Irons

  • Barbara Johnston

    Barbara Johnston

    Herself

Overview

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.

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