The Archaeology Channel
International Film and Video Festival
May 7-11, 2006, McDonald Theatre, Eugene, Oregon, USA
Exploring the human cultural legacy on screen!
Five days of juried films and videos on archaeological and indigenous topics:
Tuesday evening, March 7
Wednesday evening, March 8
Thursday evening, March 9
Friday evening, March 10
Saturday morning and afternoon, March 11
Awards Banquet Saturday evening, March 11
Festival Mission:
To exhibit for our audience the wonderful diversity of human cultures past and present in the exploration of our place in history and in our world. To promote the genre and the makers of film and video productions about archaeology and indigenous peoples.
Films Selected for Screening Include:
- Blood of the Vikings, Episode 1: First Blood (UK) Paul Bradshaw (BBC)
- Blood of Vikings, Episode 2: Invasion (UK) Paul Bradshaw (BBC)
- The Disappearing of Tuvalu–Trouble in Paradise (USA, France) Gilliane Le Gallic
- Following Antigone: Forensic Anthropology and Human Rights Investigations (Argentina, USA) Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team (EAAF), Witness
- From the Inside Out (USA) April Chabries
- Gone to Pat (India) Mainak Bhaumak and Adirya Kashyap
- In the Land of the Black Pharaohs (Switzerland) Climage
- Journey Into the Great Unknown (USA) Gray Warriner (Camera One)
- The Kingdom of the Nabateans: From Petra to Medain Saleh (France) Gedeon Programmes - Valerie Grenon
- King Solomon’s Tablet of Stone (UK) Lara Acaster (BBC)
- Qudad: Re-inventing a Tradition (USA) Caterina Borelli
- Queen of the Mountain (USA) Martha Goell Lubell
- The Secrets of the Karakoum (France) Gedeon Programmes - Valerie Grenon
- Slave Island (UK) Ian Potts (BBC TV)
- The Truth of Troy (UK) Aidan Laverty (BBC Worldwide)
- Vesuvius: Deadly Fury (Italy) DocLab SRL
- Viking Voyages (Sweden) Bo Landin (Scandinature Films USA and Muddy Boots Productions)
Keynote Speaker (Friday Evening):
Brian Fagan, Ph.D., from UC Santa Barbara, one of the world's leading archaeological writers, serves as archaeological consultant to National Geographic Society, Time/Life, Encyclopedia Britannica, Microsoft Encarta, Time/Life Television's Lost Civilizations, and a National Geographic Television series called Treasure. More about Brian Fagan . . .
Associated Activities:
Family Program at the Museum of Natural and Cultural History