Secrets of the Tribe
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.
At a glance
Countries
Brazil, United Kingdom, United States of America, Venezuela
Ratings
TMDB users
6.9/10
10 votes
Rating consensus
69/100 blend
Sources: TMDB
Moderate-to-positive blended read — weighted ~69/100 across 1 rating source. The listed meters mostly agree.
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
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Secrets of the Tribe (2010)
José Padilha
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