Movie Description

The Ax Fight

(1975)

Overview

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.

Posters

Facts

Original TitleThe Ax Fight

Status Released

Release Information

  • 1975-01-01

Original Language

Runtime 00h 30m

Genres

  • Documentary