Papa Machete

Sep 1, 2014

0h 11m

★ 6.0

Overview

Papa Machete is an intimate account of 'Professor' Alfred Avril, one of the world's only known masters of the esoteric martial art of Haitian machete fencing, known in Creole as 'Tire Machet'. The film documents a proud, but aging man's devotion to his heritage and his desire to continue tradition.

Genres

Action

Documentary

Production Companies

Borscht Corp.

Coffee and Celluloid Productions

Third Horizon

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Himself

Alfred Avril

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Papa Machete

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