Project Detail

Secrets of the Tribe

Synopsis

What happens when western anthropologists descend on the Amazon and make one of the last 'unacculturated tribes' on the planet, the Yanomami, the most exhaustively filmed and studied tribe on the planet?

The film is an acute study of the clashing of these two tribes, the wars amongst them and uncovers the secrets that were buried.

Details

Year
2010
Type of project
Features
Running time
96 mins
Format
HDV
Director
Jose Padilha
Producer
Carol Nahra, Mike Chamberlain, Marcos Prado
Co-Producer
Caroline Bonmarchand
Editor
Felipe Lacerda, Jose Padilha
Director of Photography
Lula Carvalha, Reinaldo Zangrandi
Sound
Leandro Lima, Peter J Miller, Paul Rusnak
Composer
Joao Nabuco

Production Status

Production Company

Stampede Limited

The Hat Factory
65-67 Bute Street
Luton LU1 2EY
UK

T +44 (0)1582 727330

M +44 (0)7711 303573

Sales Company

Stampede Limited

The Hat Factory
65-67 Bute Street
Luton LU1 2EY
UK

T +44 (0)1582 727330

M +44 (0)7711 303573

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