[OR_Archaeology] Archaeology film series continues in Portland

[RPettigrew at aol.com]

To friends in and near Portland: The best archaeology-related films in the  
world are in Portland again this weekend.  This is our annual  event, 
ArchaeologyFest Film Series:Best of 2010!  Please come  to see some outstanding 
films and help us support TAC Festival 2011 by enjoying  our PSU 
mini-festival at the Fifth Avenue Cinema in Portland for the  remaining two evenings (a 
different 2-hour show each evening), Friday,  January 21, and Saturday, 
January 22.  These are the top films from  The Archaeology Channel International 
Film Festival  that took place in Eugene last May.  Most of them are 
award-winners from  this international competition.  And it's just six bucks for 
two hours of  sheer enjoyment.  One of my favorites is tonight: Standing with 
 Stones--a British film that takes you on a wonderful and engaging tour  of 
megalithic sites (and you thought Stonehenge was the only one?) throughout  
the British Isles.  Read on below for more details on the  schedule and 
films.  Please spread the word where you can.  We also  have this posted at 
_http://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/PortlandSeriesfestival2010.shtml_ 
(http://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/PortlandSeriesfestival2010.shtml) , 
 where you can actually see clips from the films. 
 
Rick Pettigrew
Archaeological Legacy Institute
_www.archaeologychannel.org_ (http://www.archaeologychannel.org/) 
 
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ArchaeologyFest Film Series: Best of  2010
A benefit for The  Archaeology Channel
International Film and Video  Festival
 
Portland State University’s
5th Avenue  Cinema
510 SW Hall Blvd.
January 21 and 22, 2011
 
Doors open at 7 pm and programs begin at 7:30 pm on dates  indicated.  
Admission $6.  Tickets at the door.  These are the  best films from the 2010 
edition of TAC Festival.  (The 2011 edition of TAC  Festival takes place in the 
Recital Hall at The Shedd Institute in downtown  Eugene, May 24-28)
 
Program C: Friday, January 21
• Standing with  Stones (UK) 135 min.
Produced and directed by documentary  film-maker Michael Bott and presented 
by naturalist and explorer Rupert Soskin,  this is a first-hand account 
from Rupert of a journey taken through the British  Isles and Ireland, starting 
at the tip of Cornwall and ending on the Scottish  Isles, visiting more 
than 100 Neolithic and Bronze age monuments en route.   Beautiful to look at 
and aiming to be enlightening, the film explores the  diversity and wonder of 
these extraordinary enigmatic structures.  It also  looks at some of the 
explanations and absurdities which attach to them.   Rupert Soskin has a deep 
knowledge of the subject, but also a refreshingly  open-minded attitude to 
the whos, the hows and especially the whys of the stone  construction.  The 
entire project was conceived and realized entirely by  Michael Bott and Rupert 
Soskin, with a camera, a camper van, two very  understanding wives, and a 
passion for stones. (Best Narration by Jury; Most  Inspirational by Jury; 
Honorable Mention in the Audience Favorite competition;  Honorable Mention by 
Jury in the Best Film competition, Animation, Script, and  Music)
 
Program D: Saturday, January  22
• Herculaneum: Diaries of Darkness and Light (Italy) 52  min.
This film tells the story of the excavations at Herculaneum,  following 
Amedeo Maiuri, the archaeologist who in little more than 30 years  brought to 
light the Roman city, which had been destroyed along with Pompeii by  the 
eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79.  Today, two-thirds of the ancient  city 
still lies under the modern city of Ercolano.  In order to continue  the 
excavations, large parts of the modern city would have to be knocked down,  as 
Maiuri had started to do a few years before his death.  The diaries of  
Maiuri, together with interviews and unseen footage, lead us in the discovery of  
the archaeological site and invite us to consider the relationship that 
humans  have with their past along with our desire to discover it, to understand 
it and  to preserve it in time. 
 
• Paddle Ship “Patris”Lost in 1868... (Greece) 63  min.
This documentary concerns the historic steam engine paddle  ship Patris, 
which sank in 1868.  This type of boat is unique because it  used wheels for 
movement.  It was manufactured at a time before the advent  of the screw 
propeller, when most ships were made of wood.  This particular  boat was one of 
very few made of metal and for this reason it was  preserved.  It was a 
luxurious vessel that had a paddle-wheel steam engine,  but also had sails.  
Patris was property of “Hellenic Steam Navigation  Company,” the first coastal 
shipping company that was founded in Greece.   The film was made with the 
collaboration of the Museum of Industrial Heritage of  Syros, subordinate to 
the Municipality of Syros, Greece, and the Greek Ministry  of Culture, the 
National Institute of Research, the Department of Underwater  Antiquities, 
and the Underwater Filming Research (UFR) diving team. (Best Film  by Jury; 
Best Cinematography by Jury; Honorable Mention by Jury for Narration,  
Animation, Special Effects, Script, Music, and Inspiration)
 
 
TAC Festival 2011 Moves to the Recital Hall at The Shedd  Institute
 
ALI announces the next edition of The Archaeology  Channel International 
Film and Video Festival, May 24-28, 2010, in  the Recital Hall at The Shedd 
Institute, 868 High Street, in downtown Eugene,  Oregon.  TAC Festival will 
bring to Oregon the world’s best films on  archaeology, ancient cultures, and 
the world of indigenous peoples.  Our  Keynote Speaker will be Dr. Tom King, 
speaking on his archaeological research in  the continuing search for 
aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart.  Please join us  in welcoming to Eugene the 
people of the world for this cinematic celebration of  the human cultural 
heritage.  Details at 
_http://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/TACfestival.shtml_ (http://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/TACfestival.shtml) .
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