[OR_Archaeology] ArchaeologyFest Film Series: Best of 2006 in Portland Nov. 10-18th

[Susan White]

ArchaeologyFest Film Series: Best of  2006

A benefit for The Archaeology  Channel
International Film and Video Festival

Fifth Avenue Cinema, 510 SW Hall Blvd., Portland
November  10 to November 18, 2006

Ticket sales open at 6:30 pm.  Programs begin at 7:30 pm on  dates
indicated 
and will conclude by 9:30.  Admission $6.  Tickets  available at the
door.  
These are the best films from the 2006 edition of  TAC Festival.  And
they are 
VERY GOOD.  (The 2007 edition of TAC  Festival will take place at
Eugene's 
McDonald Theatre, May 15.)   Information on this event is posted also
at 
_http://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/PSUSeries2006.htm_ 
(http://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/PSUSeries2006.htm) ,  where
you can actually see clips of 
the films.


Program 1: Friday, November 10:

BLOOD OF THE VIKINGS, Episode 1: FIRST BLOOD: This film is the first 
in a 
twopart series by BBC producer, Paul Bradshaw, with distribution by BBC
 
Worldwide.  In Episode 1  Blood of the Vikings: First Blood  host
Julian  
Richards examines the story of the Vikings in Britain, from their first
raids to  
the settlement of the British Isles.  The Vikings' living legacy is
traced  
through archaeology, history and a genetics survey of the current 
population.  
This first episode examines evidence for the Vikings' violent  raids.

THE KINGDOM OF THE NABATEANS: FROM PETRA TO MEDAIN SALEH: This film  is
the 
work of French producer, Valerie Grenon, of Gedeon Programmes.  The 
film is 
distributed by Terranoa, of Paris.  Over 2000 years ago, camel 
caravans, 
laden with incense and spices for Mediterranean ports, set out from 
Medain Saleh 
in the Hedjaz plain of Saudi Arabia bound for the ancient capitol  of
Petra.  
These caravan tradersthe "Nabateans"carved huge tombs high in  the
rocky 
peaks of their land.  Understanding their success as traders, and 
divining the 
meaning and significance of their astonishing tombs, are subjects  of
recent 
archaeological work examined in this film.

Program 2: Saturday, November  11:

IN THE LAND OF THE  BLACK PHARAOHS: This film is produced and
distributed 
in Switzerland by  Climage.  It chronicles the work of one of Europe's
leading  
archaeologist Swiss-born Charles Bonnetas he and his team comb the
sands 
of  Northern Sudan.  Their work reveals the former existence of a great
Nubian  
civilization and its imperial capital, Kermaancient home of the "Black 

Pharaohs."

KING SOLOMON'S TABLET OF STONE: This film is produced by Lara  Acaster
with 
BBC Horizon, and distributed by the BBC.  Does an  ancient looking
stone 
tablet that appeared mysteriously in Israel reveal the  actual
existence of the 
legendary Temple of Solomon?  Could a  recently discovered stone
ossuary 
constitute evidence of the real Jesus  Christ?  In this film, scholars
seek to 
resolve these and other  interlinked biblical mysteries, including one
that could 
have shattering  consequences around the world.

Program 3: Friday, November 17:

VIKING VOYAGES: This science documentary chronicles how farming  people

from the Nordic countries of Europe became great seafarers, colonizing 
distant 
lands across Europe and into Asia.  The film's director travels  
"in the footsteps of" Leifur Eiriksson to sites which hold evidence of
the  wanderers' 
attempts to establish life in North America, before ultimately 
yielding to Indians 
and a changing climate.

THE TRUTH OF TROY: The Truth of Troy is produced by Aidan Laverty of 
BBC 
Television, and distributed by BBC Worldwide.  The legend of Helen of 
Troy has 
enchanted audiences for the past 3,000 years.  But is there any  truth
to the 
myth?  Here, Professor Manfred Korfmann, who has been  excavating the
city of 
Troy since 1988, speaks at length about his amazing  discoveries.  The
story 
that emerges is one of great passion, but not, it  seems, about love.

Program 4: Saturday, November 18:

THE SECRETS OF THE KARAKOUM: This film is the work of French  producer,

Valerie Grenon, of Gedeon Programmes.  It is distributed by  Terranoa,
in Paris.  
In this film, French, Italian and Turkmen  archaeologists labor to
unearth a 
nameless city from the desert sands of the  Karakoum, in Turkmenistan. 
This 
untouched city of mystery thrived some six  millennia ago as part of a

little known civilization.  What was the nature  of these people and
their way of 
life, and how might their civilization be  related to other large,
contemporary 
civilizations?  The film considers  these and other questions.

QUEEN OF THE MOUNTAIN:  This film is produced by Pennsylvania 
producer, 
Martha Goell Lubell, and distributed by the New York organization, 
Women Make 
Movies.  Queen of the Mountain was voted Best of Festival by  jurors
and 
audiences alike at the 2006 TAC International Film and Video  Festival,
held in 
March, in Eugene.  The film chronicles the story of  Theresa Goella
deaf woman 
who ignored the dictates of her family, her time and  her body, opting
for 
adventure and challenge in a man's field:  Archaeology.  In so doing,
she achieved 
her lifelong dream at the age of  50: Leading the excavation of Nemrud
Dagh, 
a burial site in southeastern Turkey  and the final resting place of
King 
Antiochus of Commagene, who controlled  Euphrates River crossings in
the century 
before  Christ.

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