🎬 Documentary, TV Movie

Secrets of the Tribe

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

⭐ 6.9/10 2010 1h 38m Dir. José Padilha

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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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⭐ 6.9/10 10 votes

Quick facts

Year
2010
Runtime
1h 38m
TMDB Rating
⭐ 6.9/10
Votes
10
Genre
Documentary, TV Movie
Director
José Padilha
Language
PT

Cast

👤
Robert Borofsky
Himself
👤
Jesus Cardozo
Himself
👤
Marie Isabel Eguillor
Herself
👤
Brian Ferguson
Himself
👤
Kenneth Good
👤
Paul R. Gross
👤
Raymond Hames
👤
William Irons
🎭 Documentary 🎭 TV Movie 🎬 José Padilha 👤 Robert Borofsky 👤 Jesus Cardozo 👤 Marie Isabel Eguillor
exploitation tribe amazon rainforest anthropology morality sociology rainforest professional ethics ethics ethnocentrism desperate

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Secrets of the Tribe has a runtime of 1h 38m (1 hour and 38 minutes).
Secrets of the Tribe was directed by José Padilha and released in 2010.
Secrets of the Tribe is a Documentary, TV Movie film (2010).
The cast of Secrets of the Tribe includes Robert Borofsky, Jesus Cardozo, Marie Isabel Eguillor, Brian Ferguson, Kenneth Good.
Secrets of the Tribe has a TMDB rating of 6.9/10 based on 10 votes.

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