Andy Jillings' famous ethnographical documentary about a Yanomami community.

Part seven :
Taraema's life, Torumi's death.

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Note:

One of the most solid criticisms that has been made about this documentary concerns the death of Torumi (whose health was used as a major plot device in the "Warriors of the Amazon" cut). Basically, the crew has been accused of having let her die, in order to illustrate the natural inevitability of the Yanomami's disparition, an old and dangerous cliché in popular ethnology. Actually it seems that the crew had brought a doctor, who failed to diagnose and treat her disease. This leads to another criticism : why not even mentioning the interaction with the doctor, if not to exagerate the romantic idea of remoteness and exotism.

Another point regards how shocking it would have been, for the Yanomami, to have a deceased person's image taken like that. Hisiwe mentions earlier the price he asked for allowing the shooting. It has been estimated that enormous amount of goods and money must have been offered to compensate these particular shots. According to Tierney, the community's dissensions about the authorisation to film were so strong that they lead to new hostilities after the crew's departure.