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'''''Secrets of the Tribe''''' is a film by director [[José Padilha]] premiered at the 2010 [[Sundance Film Festival]], where it was nominated for a Grand Jury Prize.<ref> [http://sundance.bside.com/2010/films/secretsofthetribe_sundance2010;jsessionid=A822FA415B15E2347295B72F3B8C3189 SundanceTwentyTen] </ref> This documentary critically examines the motivations and methods of anthropologists studying the [[Yanomami]]. It features interviews with Yanomami, as well as with scientists who have studied them. One anthropologist featured in the film said the film conveys "the social responsibility associated with working with human subjects – especially the unique vulnerabilities of indigenous peoples – and the ease in which such responsibilities can be and have been ignored, discarded, abused." <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.counterpunch.org/2010/03/19/secrets-of-the-tribe/}}</ref> Some scientists accused of misdeeds in this film are among others [[James Neel]], [[Napoleon Chagnon]], [[Kenneth Good]] and [[Jacques Lizot]].
'''''Secrets of the Tribe''''' is a film by director [[José Padilha]] premiered at the 2010 [[Sundance Film Festival]], where it was nominated for a Grand Jury Prize.<ref> [http://sundance.bside.com/2010/films/secretsofthetribe_sundance2010;jsessionid=A822FA415B15E2347295B72F3B8C3189 SundanceTwentyTen] </ref> This documentary explores the allegations, first brought to light in the book ''[[Darkness in El Dorado]]'', written by [[Patric Tierney]], that anthropologists studying the [[Yanomami]] Indians in the 1960s and 70s engaged in bizarre and inappropriate interactions with the tribe, including sexual and medical violations. Scientists accused in this film are among others [[James Neel]], [[Napoleon Chagnon]], [[Kenneth Good]] and [[Jacques Lizot]]. The film was nominated for a Grand Jury Prize. Alice Dreger, an historian of medicine and science, and an outsider to the debate, concluded in a peer-reviewed publication that Tierney's claims were "baseless and sensationalistic charges"<ref>{{cite journal|last=Dreger|first=Alice|title=Darkness’s Descent on the American Anthropological Association|journal=Human Nature|date=16 February 2011|volume=22|issue=3|pages=225–246|doi=10.1007/s12110-011-9103-y}}</ref>.


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Secrets of the Tribe
Directed byJosé Padilha
Release date
  • January 22, 2010 (2010-01-22) (Sundance)
CountryBrazil
LanguagePortuguese

Secrets of the Tribe is a film by director José Padilha premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, where it was nominated for a Grand Jury Prize.[1] This documentary explores the allegations, first brought to light in the book Darkness in El Dorado, written by Patric Tierney, that anthropologists studying the Yanomami Indians in the 1960s and 70s engaged in bizarre and inappropriate interactions with the tribe, including sexual and medical violations. Scientists accused in this film are among others James Neel, Napoleon Chagnon, Kenneth Good and Jacques Lizot. The film was nominated for a Grand Jury Prize. Alice Dreger, an historian of medicine and science, and an outsider to the debate, concluded in a peer-reviewed publication that Tierney's claims were "baseless and sensationalistic charges"[2].

References

  1. ^ SundanceTwentyTen
  2. ^ Dreger, Alice (16 February 2011). "Darkness's Descent on the American Anthropological Association". Human Nature. 22 (3): 225–246. doi:10.1007/s12110-011-9103-y.
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