Death By Flint

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

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  Horn player wakes the entire neighborhood every morning.

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  Slate said to be jealous of flint.

Fiction cross-reference

• The Waking of the Slate
• Triumph of the Wheel

Nonfiction cross-reference

• Documentary film (nonfiction)
• Flint (nonfiction)
• Weapon (nonfiction)