Sundance Update – reviews of “Secrets of the Tribe”

Here are two interesting reviews of the film, “Secrets of the Tribe”, which recently premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. The story of how anthropologists engaged the Yanomamö over many decades makes for pretty good drama in a documentary. There are scandals (real and imagined) of every sort and the anthropology community continues to debate [...]

Yanomami Film at Sundance

Padilha makes an effort to dig deeper into the issues by bringing the various parties to the table. This includes not just anthropologists, but also the Yanomami themselves. [...]

Controversy Continues Among Anthropologists

The book caused quite a stir when published in 2000 for its accusations of deception, abuse, and manipulation by anthropologists and others working among the Yanomamö. [...]