The Ax Fight (1975)

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.

Released Jan. 1, 1975 30 min None+

Genres: Documentary, Short

Keywords: tmdb.short-film, mdblist.imdb-short

Watch Providers: Kanopy

Country: United States
Languages: English