The Ax Fight
Movie| Title | The Ax Fight |
| User score | 5.7 |
| Release date | Jan 1, 1975 |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Director | Timothy Asch , Napoleon Chagnon |
| Production country | Venezuela |
| Run time | 30 min. |
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.
