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.

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Icarus Films
Kartemquin Films
Other Authors: Huffman, Brent (Film director, Film producer)
Piper, Zak, 1978- (Film producer)
Temori, Qadir (Narrator)
Zhou, Xiaoli (Documentary filmmaker) (Film producer)
Language:English
Undetermined
Language and/or Writing System:
In English and various other languages with English subtitles.
Published: [Brooklyn, New York] : [Distributed by] Icarus Films, [2016]
Subjects:
Archaeology and state > Afghanistan.
Copper mines and mining > Afghanistan.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Afghanistan.
Historic preservation > Afghanistan.
Historic sites > Afghanistan.
Afghanistan > Antiquities > Collection and preservation.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Genre:
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (Alexander Street)
Physical Description:1 streaming video file (58 min.) : digital, sound, color
Format: Electronic Video
Description
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.
Note:Originally produced by: German Camera Productions & Kartemquin Educational Films, ©2014.
Title from title frames.
Call Number:DS353 .S28 2016
Credits:Edited by Brent E. Huffman ; music composed by Homayoun Sakhi.
System Details:Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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.
Participant or Performer:
Narrated by Qadir Temori.
Source of Description:
Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed June 16, 2016).