The Ax Fight
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.
Release Date
January 1, 1975Runtime
30 minGenres
DocumentaryDirected by
Timothy Asch, Napoleon ChagnonLanguage
EnglishBudget
$0Revenue
$0Status
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