The field of anthropology comes under the microscope in Jose Padilha’s (BUS 174) riveting ethnography about an isolated indigenous population and the scientists who study them.  In the 1960s, the Yanomami tribe of Venezuela were heralded as a group untouched by modern civilization. All that changed when the tribe accepted one American anthropologist into their fold, Napoleon Chagnon. Over the following decades a litany of researchers seeking answers to human existence exploited the Yanomami, many with shocking lapses in ethical, moral and scientific judgment. Padilha presents the messy and often contradictory testimonies of his subjects for the audience to bear final judgment.

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SECRETS OF THE TRIBE
Mike Chamberlain
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