TAC Fest 2007 Pages
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Stonehenge is one of the most famous prehistoric monuments on earth. Among the world's most recognizable ancient buildings, it is also a place of worship, a burial ground, and a place of spiritual inspiration. But, above all, Stonehenge is a mystery. In this film, host Josh Bernstein investigates the origins of Stonehenge and the prehistoric world that surrounded it. With the latest archaeological evidence, he reveals who built this grand monument. Then, using prehistoric technology as his guide, he reveals how it was built, and why.
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Length: 46:50 min.
Country: USA
Language: English
Producer: JWM Productions
Producers Web site: http://www.jwmprods.com
Distributor: A&E Networks
Distributor Web site: http://www.jwmprods.com
Copyright: 2006 by A&E Television Networks
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In the region of Salento, Italy, in the province of Puglia, are nine Greek-speaking villages. The charming and hospitable residents, with their dual identity, are proud of their complex ancestry and full of music. This film transmits their love of life to us. There is no certainty about the origins of the people of Puglia, they simply live there. Believed to have historical connections to the Acropolis, they teach their children ancient Greek myths, an activity that has apparently gone on for many centuries.
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Length: 36 min.
Country: Greece
Language: Greek and grico-Greek-Italian dialect, with English sub-titles
Producer: Nikoletta Gouli
Producers Web site: N/A
Distributor: Nikoletta Gouli
Distributor Web site: N/A
Copyright: 2005 by Periegesis
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For more than 9000 years, the basalt cliffs of Hells Canyon have witnessed the ebb and flow of Native American tribes, trappers, miners and homesteaders as each group has sought to leave its mark on America's deepest river gorge. Hells Canyon comes to life in this film as historian Horace Axtell (a descendant of Chief Joseph's band of Nez Perce) and early Hells Canyon residents share their stories of work and family, isolation and ingenuity, in the canyon they called home in the early 20th century.
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Length: 25 min.
Country: USA
Language: English
Producer: Sue Arbuthnot and Richard Wilhelm
Producers Web site: http://www.hareinthegate.com
Distributor: Idaho Power Company
Distributor Web site: http://www.idahopower.com
Copyright: 2006 by Idaho Power Co.
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Travel along with archaeologists from Leiden University who have been researching the Caribbean island of Saba for 20 years. Archaeologists Hofman and Hoogland began by investigating Ceramic period sites, but over the years have progressively dived deeper into the past. In this film we encounter them on an Archaic period site, which dates to around 3000 years ago. With help from the islanders, the archaeologists are directed to places where they need to dig. Together they make history, revealing to us inevitable continuities in the lives of prehistoric and contemporary islanders.
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Length: 28 min.
Country: The Netherlands
Language: Dutch and English
Producer: Jimmy Mans, Leiden University
Producers Web site: N/A
Distributor: N/A
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Copyright: (no copyright)
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In this unusual and haunting drama, Mr. Yaghmaei, an archaeologist excavating in the southern region of Iran with his wife and son, finds the skeleton of a young, pregnant woman containing the fetal bones of her unborn child. While he is still pursuing his excavations, the archaeologist's wife dies of an incurable genetic disease which also afflicts their adult son. Through a series of touching sequences portraying the familial love of father and son, the two story lines mingle, and finally entwine, expressing to us ineffable elements of the human condition.
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Length: 30 min.
Country: Iran
Language: Parsi with English sub-titles
Producer: Orod Attarpour
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Distributor: Orod Attarpour
Distributor Web site: N/A
Copyright: 2001 by IRIB
Festival Screenings and Awards:
Golden Dragon Award for best film, Krakou Film Festival<br>
Special Film Award winner, Kuang Zhou Film Festival, China<br>
Best Documentary, Yadegar (heritage) Film Festival, Iran<br>
Best Documentary, IRIB Channels<br>
(and prizes in several other festivals)
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Under the shadow of Mt. Whitney lies California's Owens Valley, the deepest valley in North America. This is a landscape of contrasting environments from snow-capped spires to desert valleys, from volcanic moonscapes to verdant marshlands. Unlike the miners of the California gold rush who sought gold for the easy riches it would bring them, the native cultures of the region sought a different rock, precious to them for their very survival: Obsidian. Black glass. With advances in the analysis of obsidian, archaeologists are taking a second look at what ancient arrowheads, points and flakes can tell them.
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Length: 26:47 min.
Country: USA
Language: English
Producer: Phil Gross (Cinnabar Video), and Far Western Anthropological Research Group, Inc
Producers Web site: N/A
Distributor: Cinnabar Video
Distributor Web site: http://www.cinnabarvideo.com
Copyright: 2002 by California Department of Transportation
Festival Screenings and Awards:
Telly Award
Daily Viewing: Mono Lake Basin Visitor Center
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How do we know what everyday life may have been like during the Middle Ages of Russia? Astounding discoveries of birchbark writings were made in 2003, letters which tell of life in the city of Novogorod, one of the few urban centers in the area to escape the Mongol invasions. The city's past is also explored through 10th and 12th century cathedrals and icons. This film's fictional re-enactments bring to light imagined scenes from Novogorod's illustrious past.
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Length: 52 min.
Country: France
Language: English
Producer: Gedeon Programmes / Valerie Grenon
Producers Web site: N/A
Distributor: Terranoa
Distributor Web site: http://www.terranoa.com
Copyright: 2004, ARTE France - Gedeon Programmes - Archipel
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A major ethical crisis has hit many big museums in the USA, a sign of the deeper crisis in the antiquities trade. Among institutions at risk are the Metropolitan and the Getty, whose reputations have been called into question in the murky market of international art. "Network" is a documentary foretelling this crisis and revealing an international ring of people involved in the smuggling of Greek antiquities.
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Length: 60 min.
Country: Germany
Language: English
Producer: Ioannis Kaspiris
Producers Web site: N/A
Distributor: Deckert Distribution
Distributor Web site: http://www.deckert-distribution.com
Copyright: 2005 by Illusion Film Production
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