ThefieldofanthropologygoesunderthemagnifyingglassinthisfieryinvestigationoftheseminalresearchonYanomamiIndians.Inthe1960sand’70s,asteadystreamofanthropologistsfiledintotheAmazonBasintoobservethis"virgin"societyuntouchedbymodernlife.Thirtyyearslater,theeventssurroundingthisinfiltrationh*ebecomeascandaloustaleofacademicethicsandinfighting.Theoriginsofviolenceandwarandtheaccuracyofdatagatheringarehotlydebatedamongthescholarlyclan.SoonthesedisputestakeonHeartofDarknessovertonesastheydescendintoshadowyallegationsof*ualandmedicalviolation.DirectorJoséPadilhabrilliantlyemploystwoprovocativestrategiestoraiseunsettlingquestionsabouttheboundariesofculturalencounters.Heallowsprofessorsaccusedofheinousactivitiestodefendthemselves,andtheYanomamitorepresenttheirsideofthestory.Asthisrivetingexc*ationdeconstructsanthropology’scoloniallegacy,itchallengesoursociety’*ythsofobjectivityandtheverynotionof“theother.”