Still from the film, National Geographic Documentary Films
2023
A documentary examining missionary John Chau’s fatal attempt to contact the Sentinelese, with Daniel Everett drawing on his own experience to provide historical and personal context.
On the fieldwork“The most important—and provocative—anthropological field work ever undertaken.”
Tom Wolfe
A documentary following Daniel Everett back to the Pirahã community and exploring what their language may reveal about the relationship between language and culture.
John Colapinto profiles Daniel Everett and examines the debate over whether the Pirahã language challenges Noam Chomsky’s theory of universal grammar.
A 40-minute interview about Everett’s early work with the Pirahã and how learning their language transformed his religious outlook.
