The Ax Fight (1975)
- Directed by
- Tim Asch, Napoleon Chagnon
- Genre
- documentary
- Country
- Venezuela
- Runtime
- 30 min
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 7 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This film documents a real conflict between Yanomami people in a Venezuelan village. It shows the events as they unfold without narration or commentary.
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What happens
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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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