[OR_Archaeology] ArchaeologyFest Film Series comes to Ashland in November
RPettigrew at aol.com
RPettigrew at aol.com
Mon Oct 29 10:40:51 PDT 2012
To our friends in Southern Oregon: This announcement gives you all the
scoop on our upcoming ArchaeologyFest Film Series: Best of 2012, to be held in
November at ScienceWorks in Ashland. Please come and see these super films
and help support The Archaeology Channel International Film and Video
Festival. This mini-Festival event presents the best films from TAC Festival
2012, which took place this past May at The Shedd Institute in downtown
Eugene. For this international competition, we received 90 films from 22
countries. Many of you didn't get a chance to see all the great films we
showed there! But now you can see what you missed. Please see the announcement
just below.
I should also mention that we may be in need of volunteers to help us run
the show. Please get back to me if you are interested in that.
Please share this announcement widely in your networks to help us fill the
auditorium. We also have this posted at
_http://www.archaeologychannel.org/events-new/archaeologyfest-film-series-new/562-ashland-oregon-2012_
(http://www.archaeologychannel.org/events-new/archaeologyfest-film-series-new/562-as
hland-oregon-2012) .
Thanks!
Rick Pettigrew
Archaeological Legacy Institute
_www.archaeologychannel.org_ (http://www.archaeologychannel.org/)
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ArchaeologyFest Film Series:
Best of 2012
A benefit for The Archaeology Channel
International Film and Video Festival
ScienceWorks
1500 E. Main St.
Ashland, OR 97520
November 9, 11, 17, & 18, 2012
Film programs last about 2 hours each. Admission $6 (12 and under free).
Tickets at the door. These are the best films from the 2012 edition of
TAC Festival. (The 2013 edition of TAC Festival takes place in the Recital
Hall at The Shedd Institute in downtown Eugene, May 7-11, 2013.)
Program A: Friday, November 9 (doors open 7, program begins 7:30)
• An Introduction to Contemporary Archaeology (UK) 9 min.
This short film is a short introduction (and a spoof!) to the new field of
“contemporary archaeology.” Dr. Brooklyn Honswoggle-Smythe,
Buckinghamshire New University’s youngest and most brilliant Contemporologist, guides
you through the ins and outs and back-ins of the world of contemporary
archaeology—the new subject everyone’s talking about! Did you know
archaeologists could laugh about themselves? Or should this gibe at the modern
theoretitician be taken seriously at some level? (Honorable Mention by jury in
Best Film competition and for Narration, Public Education Value, and
Inspiration; Special Mention by jury for most innovative representation of
archaeology)
• The Lord of Sipan (Spain) 52 min.
This is the story of a Great Lord of the Moche culture, who was buried
with honors so that his message would endure in time, and an archaeologist
named Walter Alva, who rescued this Lord from his tomb to fulfill his ancient
plan. The Moche culture developed on the northern coast of Peru between
100 BC and AD 400. It is a mysterious culture that disappeared shortly after
reaching its peak. Today, everyone has heard of the Moche, thanks to the
discoveries made during the last two decades. The discoveries continue, and
this unique civilization still surprises the world. (Audience Favorite)
• The Tomb of the Hidden Mummies (Greece) 10 min.
In 1871, in the cliffs of Deir El Behri near the village of Qurna, not far
from Luxor in Egypt, a young boy called Ahmed El-Rassul accidentally
discovered a hidden tomb in a mountain near his home. Ahmed and his family
looted the tomb for over a decade until their activities became known to the
Egyptian antiquities service. When archaeologists arrived, they were stunned
by what they saw: more than fifty royal mummies. This discovery had a
profound impact on what was known of Egyptian history and reminded everyone
that looting has been an Egyptian nemesis for thousands of years. (Honorable
Mention by jury in Animation and Effects)
• A Gift from Talking God (USA) 30 min.
To the Navajo people of the American Southwest, “sheep is life.” The
Navajo-Churro sheep is the original breed, which has sustained the Navajo,
Pueblo, and Hispanic people for 400 years. On the verge of extinction a
generation ago, the Navajo-Churro is making a comeback to the Navajo people.
The Slow Food Foundation for Biodiversity recognizes the breed as a
culturally and genetically important animal, worthy of international recognition.
This film offers a portrait of rarely seen traditional Navajo lifeways and
sustainable herding practices in the remote Arizona-New Mexico homeland.
(Honorable Mention by Audience in Audience Favorite competition)
• A Treasure of Gold (Greece) 9 min.
In the 1970s, near the village of Aidonia, in the Greek municipality of
Nemea, a mule fell into a hole. Upon rescuing the animal, villagers
discovered a rare golden treasure buried amidst a group of skeletons. A few years
later, archaeologists arrived at the looted site. Sixteen of the 18 tombs
already had been emptied, but a small stash of jewelry had been overlooked
by the tomb robbers. Later, a collection of Mycenaean jewelry went up for
sale at an auction house in New York City. This is the story of the
plunder of Mycenaean tombs and of the recovery of a treasure made of gold.
Program B: Sunday, November 11 (doors open 2, program begins 2:30)
• Etruscan Odyssey: Expanding Archaeology (USA) 17 min.
The early Mediterranean civilization of Etruria flourished for a thousand
years and then vanished, leaving art and artifacts, but little trace of its
history. After decades of painstaking work, archaeologists now are
beginning to piece together a fascinating portrait of daily life in Etruscan
society. Etruscan Odyssey engages viewers with a brief historical background
utilizing stunning images of artifacts from the finest known collections of
Etruscan art. These works highlight the expert aesthetic and technical
prowess of the Etruscans, which continues to inspire a desire to find out more
about the lost culture at the heart of the Mediterranean tradition.
• The Fate of Old Beijing (China) 20 min.
In the face of China’s rapid modernization, the country is struggling to
preserve its cultural heritage, and nowhere is this more visible than in the
ancient alleyways and courtyards of Beijing. The hutongs are more than
simply housing: they are a way of life. The communal aspect to life within
the hutongs means that few residents want to leave—even as their
neighborhoods are being demolished and redeveloped. This film explores the vanishing
world of Beijing’s hutongs, the realities of life within those narrow
streets, and the future for these culturally irreplaceable areas.
• Bitter Roots (USA) 71 min.
Bitter Roots puts to rest a Kalahari Myth. Set in Nyae-Nyae, a region of
Namibia in southern Africa’s Kalahari desert, traditional home of the Ju’
hoansi, Bitter Roots observes the erosion of a community-led development
process in Nyae-Nyae following an imposition of a new agenda by the World
Wildlife Fund, which prioritizes wildlife conservation and tourism over
subsistence farming. The film sensitively examines the problems facing the Ju’
hoansi, challenging the myth that they are culturally unable to farm. The
film investigates how the Ju’hoansi cope with the expectations of tourists and
filmakers while steadfastly continuing to farm against all odds. (Special
Mention by jury for best representation of cultural change; Honorable
Mention by jury for Public Education Value)
Program C: Saturday, November 17 (doors open 7, program begins 7:30)
• Mémère Métisse (Canada) 30 min.
For over sixty years, Cecile St. Amant has been keeping a deep secret: she
is Métis (Canadian aboriginal group of mixed First Nations and European
heritage). Cecile’s granddaughter sets out to understand her Mémère’s
(grandmother’s) denial and playfully plots her own mission to open her Mémère’s
eyes to the richness of her heritage. She soon realizes that her Mémère
will not be easily convinced that being Métis is something to be proud of.
Her persistent prodding reveals a generation’s legacy of shame and the
profound courage of the human spirit to overcome it. (Honorable Mention by
jury for Inspiration)
• Robert Blake and the Civil War Sieges of Taunton (UK) 12 min.
Be prepared for a truly fresh look at the exploits of English
Parliamentarian commander Robert Blake under Oliver Cromwell during the first English
Civil War. From July 1664 to July 1665, the city of Taunton, the only
Parliamentery enclave in the southwest of England, led by Colonel Blake, held
out against the Royalist forces led by Lord Goring. Blake, who went on to
become a legendary admiral, famously declared that he had four pairs of boots
and would eat three pairs before he would surrender. This film relates
the archaeology and history of the period as well as Blake’s influence.
(Best Narration and Best Music by jury; Honorable Mention by jury in Script,
Cinematography, and in Best Film competition)
• Ramesses the Second: The Great Journey (France) 63 min.
Under the reign of Ramesses the Second, pharaoh of the New Empire’s 19th
Dynasty, Egypt was living the final hours of its golden age. After a reign
of 67 years, the powerful emperor died at the age of 92. He became the
legendary “Ramesses the Great.” His mummy was interred in the heart of the
Valley of the Kings, on the west bank of the Nile at Thebes, marking the
beginning of his Great Journey towards the afterlife on the condition that his
tomb be preserved for all time. (Best Animation and Effects by Jury;
Honorable Mention by jury in Best Film competition, Public Education Value,
Script, Cinematography, Music, and in Audience Favorite competition)
Program D: Sunday, November 18 (doors open 2, program begins 2:30)
• The Renaissance of Mata Ortiz (USA) 54 min.
When anthropologist Spencer MacCallum bought three pieces of pottery from
a second-hand store in Deming, New Mexico, in 1976, he had no idea that he
was about to begin a journey that would lead to the revival of an ancient
art form. In Mata Ortiz, México, MacCallum partnered with self-taught
artist Juan Quezada and slowly created an industry that today is known
world-wide. The Renaissance of Mata Ortiz tells the improbable story of how Quezada
and MacCallum both experienced creative and personal breakthroughs which
led to dazzling, innovating works by Quezada and a passing of the torch to
younger, award-winning artists such as Diego Valles. (Best Script and Most
Inspirational by jury; Honorable Mention by jury in Best Film competition,
Narration, Public Education Value, Cinematography, and Music; Honorable
Mention by audience in Audience Favorite competition; Special Mention by jury
for best representation of sustainability of cultural change)
• The Hobbit Enigma (Australia) 52 min.
This dynamic film examines one of the greatest controversies in science
today: what did scientists find when they uncovered the tiny, human-like
skeleton of a strange creature, known to many as the Hobbit, on the Indonesian
island of Flores in 2003? Are the bones a previously unknown and bizarre
primitive species of human? The Hobbit discovery forces us to rethink some
of the most fundamental questions of human origins. With exclusive access
to ongoing interdisciplinary research and new fieldwork, this is a
comprehensive account of a startling new view of human evolution. (Best Film, Best
Cinematography and Best Public Education Value by jury; Honorable Mention
by jury for Narration, Animation and Effects, Script, and Inspiration;
Special Mention by jury for best representation of archaeology)
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