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Saving Mes Aynak / Kartemquin Films ; a film by Brent E. Huffman ; directed by Brent E. Huffman ; produced by Brent E. Huffman, Xiaoli Zhou, Zak Piper.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Undetermined
- Subjects (All):
- Excavations (Archaeology)--Afghanistan.
- Excavations (Archaeology).
- Archaeology and state.
- Copper mines and mining.
- Antiquities.
- Historic sites.
- Historic preservation.
- Afghanistan.
- Historic preservation--Afghanistan.
- Historic sites--Afghanistan.
- Afghanistan--Antiquities--Collection and preservation.
- Copper mines and mining--Afghanistan.
- Archaeology and state--Afghanistan.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (58 min.) : digital, sound, color
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- [Brooklyn, New York] : [Distributed by] Icarus Films, [2016]
- Language Note:
- In English and various other languages with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- Afghan archaeologist Qadir Temori races against time to save a 5000-year-old Afghan archaeological site from imminent demolition by a Chinese state-owned mining company eager to harvest $100 billion dollars worth of copper buried directly beneath the ruins. Temori and his fellow archaeologists face what seems an impossible battle against the Chinese, the Taliban and local politics to save their cultural heritage from likely erasure.
- Participant:
- Narrated by Qadir Temori.
- Credits:
- Edited by Brent E. Huffman ; music composed by Homayoun Sakhi.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced by: German Camera Productions & Kartemquin Educational Films, ©2014.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed June 16, 2016).
- Publisher Number:
- if-mes Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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