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'''Death By Flint''' is a short [[documentary film (nonfiction)]] about stone weapons and the cultures that use them.
'''Death By Flint''' is a short [[Documentary film (nonfiction)|documentary film]] about [[Weapon (nonfiction)|stone weapons]] and the cultures that use them.


== Description ==
The film glorifies the accomplishments of early stone-tool cultures, notably the use of stone weapons in the destruction of less technologically advances cultures.


It film glorifies the accomplishments of early stone-tool cultures, notably the use of stone weapons in the destruction of less technologically advances cultures.
It has often been compared to [[Triumph of the Wheel]], an later work by chariot-using cultures.


It has often been compared to [[Triumph of the Wheel]], an later work by chariot-using cultures.
The film consists primarily of interviews with [[Flint (nonfiction)|flint]], although related silicates are make appearances as well.


== Minerals ==
Obsidian makes a cameo appearance as an Aztec knife.


[[Flint (nonfiction)]] is the dominant mineral, but other related silicates are richly represented.
== In the News ==


[[Obsidian (nonfiction)]] makes a spectacular [[cameo appearance (nonfiction)]].
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File:Waking the Slate.jpg|link=The Waking of the Slate|Horn player [[The Waking of the Slate|wakes the entire neighborhood every morning]].
File:Slate.jpg|link=Slate (nonfiction)|[[Slate (nonfiction)|Slate]] said to be jealous of [[Flint (nonfiction)|flint]].
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== Fiction cross-reference ==
== Fiction cross-reference ==


* [[Triump of the Wheel]]
* [[The Waking of the Slate]]
* [[Triumph of the Wheel]]


== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
== Nonfiction cross-reference ==


* [[Documentary film (nonfiction)]]
* [[Documentary film (nonfiction)]]
* [[Flint (nonfiction)]]
* [[Weapon (nonfiction)]]


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[[Category:Fiction (nonfiction)]]
[[Category:Fictional documentary films (nonfiction)]]
[[Category:Fictional documentary films (nonfiction)]]
[[Category:Documentary films]]
[[Category:Documentary films]]

Latest revision as of 12:27, 15 June 2016

Death By Flint is a short documentary film about stone weapons and the cultures that use them.

The film glorifies the accomplishments of early stone-tool cultures, notably the use of stone weapons in the destruction of less technologically advances cultures.

It has often been compared to Triumph of the Wheel, an later work by chariot-using cultures.

The film consists primarily of interviews with flint, although related silicates are make appearances as well.

Obsidian makes a cameo appearance as an Aztec knife.

In the News

Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross-reference