The destruction of memory / Vast Productions USA presents ; writer, director and producer, Tim Slade.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Slade, Tim (Motion picture producer and director), screenwriter, film director, film producer.

Wiesehahn, Derek, director of photography.

Harrison, Lindi, editor of moving image work.

Bosso, Ezio, composer.

Okonedo, Sophie, narrator.

VAST Productions USA, film production company.

Icarus Films, publisher.

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Historic sites.

Cultural property--Preservation.

Cultural property.

Iraq.

Syria.

Bevan, Robert (Journalist)--Film adaptations.

Bevan, Robert.

Cultural property--Destruction and pillage.

Buildings--War damage.

Buildings.

Antiquities.

Cultural property--Preservation--Law and legislation.

Historic sites--Syria.

Historic sites--Iraq.

War crimes.

Iconoclasm.

Genre:

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Film adaptations.

Nonfiction films.

Documentary films.

Feature films -- United States.

Video recordings for hard of hearing people.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in. stamping

Distribution:

[New York, N.Y.] : Vast Productions USA, 2016.

Place of Publication:

[Brooklyn, N.Y.] : [Icarus Films], 2016.

Language Note:

Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.

System Details:

DVD-R, NTSC, Region 1; widescreen (1.85:1 aspect ratio) presentation.

digital optical stereo

NTSC

video file DVD-R video region 1

Summary:

"[B]ased on the book of the same name by Robert Bevan, explores the urgent issue of cultural destruction, looking at how, over the past century, the intensity of destruction has accelerated, and at how legislation and policy have moved in and out of step with the issue"--Container.

The bombing of Sarajevo's National Library and the burning of its ancient books. The looting of the Iraqi National Museum and destruction of its priceless historical objects. The beheading of Kahled al-Asaad, long-time lead archaeologist for the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the city of Palmyra, Syria, for refusing to give up hidden artifacts. In the "cradle of civilization" and beyond, the last century has seen the rise of cultural destruction: the intentional annihilation of irreplaceable artwork, artifacts, historical sites and their stewards in desperate attempts to erase collective history and identity.

Participant:

Sophie Okonedo, narrator.

Credits:

Derek Wiesehahn, director of photography; Lindi Harrison, editor ; music, Ezio Bosso.

Notes:

Includes public performance rights for University of Pennsylvania only. Streaming not allowed without a separate license.

"Educational DVD"--Container.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Related Work:

Motion picture adaptation of: Bevan, Robert (Journalist). Destruction of memory.

OCLC:

968222759