Inspired by the true story of a woman who changed the way we understand our world. In 1933 three young, gifted anthropologists are thrown together in the jungle of new guinea. They are nell stone, fascinating, magnetic a...Inspired by the true story of a woman who changed the way we understand our world. In 1933 three young, gifted anthropologists are thrown together in the jungle of new guinea. They are nell stone, fascinating, magnetic and famous for her controversial work studying south pacific tribes, her intelligent and aggressive husband fen, and andrew bankson, who stumbles into the lives of this strange couple and becomes totally enthralled.