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The Ax Fight

1975-01-01
5.7
en 30m
Documentary
The Ax Fight (1975) is an ethnographic film by anthropologist and filmmaker Tim Asch and anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon about a conflict in a Yanomami village called Mishimishimabowei-teri, in southern Venezuela. It is best known as an iconic and idiosyncratic ethnographic film about the Yanomamo and is frequently shown in classroom settings.

Director

Timothy Asch

Director

Napoleon Chagnon

short film

Status

Released

Countries

  • Venezuela

Companies