简介：ThefieldofanthropologygoesunderthemagnifyingglassinthisfieryinvestigationoftheseminalresearchonYanomamiIndians.Inthe1960sand’70s,asteadystreamofanthropologistsfiledintotheAmazonBasintoobservethis"virgin"societyuntouchedbymodernlife.Thirtyyearslater,theeventssurroundingthisinfiltrationhavebecomeascandaloustaleofacademicethicsandinfighting. Theoriginsofviolenceandwarandtheaccuracyofdatagatheringarehotlydebatedamongthescholarlyclan.SoonthesedisputestakeonHeartofDarknessovertonesastheydescendintoshadowyallegationsofsexualandmedicalviolation. DirectorJoséPadilhabrilliantlyemploystwoprovocativestrategiestoraiseunsettlingquestionsabouttheboundariesofculturalencounters.Heallowsprofessorsaccusedofheinousactivitiestodefendthemselves,andtheYanomamitorepresenttheirsideofthestory.Asthisrivetingexcavationdeconstructsanthropology’scoloniallegacy,itchallengesoursociety’smythsofobjectivityandtheverynotionof“theother.”…