Secrets of the Tribe

Secrets of the Tribe

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

2010 pt 98 minutes

Rating: 6.5

Plot

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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Cast

Robert Borofsky

Robert Borofsky

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Jesus Cardozo

Jesus Cardozo

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Marie Isabel Eguillor

Marie Isabel Eguillor

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Brian Ferguson

Brian Ferguson

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Kenneth Good

Kenneth Good

Paul R. Gross

Paul R. Gross

Raymond Hames

Raymond Hames

William Irons

William Irons

Barbara Johnston

Barbara Johnston

Herself

Ernesto Migliazza

Ernesto Migliazza

Marie-Claude Mueller

Marie-Claude Mueller

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Frank Salamone

Frank Salamone

Leslie Sponsel

Leslie Sponsel

Patrick Tierney

Patrick Tierney

John Tooby

John Tooby

Terence Turner

Terence Turner

Edward O. Wilson

Edward O. Wilson

Kenneth Good

Kenneth Good

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Paul R. Gross

Paul R. Gross

Himself

Raymond Hames

Raymond Hames

Himself

William Irons

William Irons

Himself

Ernesto Migliazza

Ernesto Migliazza

Himself

Frank Salamone

Frank Salamone

Himself

Patrick Tierney

Patrick Tierney

Himself

John Tooby

John Tooby

Himself

Terence Turner

Terence Turner

Himself

Edward O. Wilson

Edward O. Wilson

Himself

Leslie Sponsel

Leslie Sponsel

Himself

Napoleon Chagnon

Napoleon Chagnon

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