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<DIV>To friends in and near Portland: The best archaeology-related films in the
world are coming to Portland, starting this Friday night. This is our
annual event, <EM>ArchaeologyFest Film Series:Best of 2010</EM>!
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
four evenings (a different 2-hour show each evening), Friday, January 14;
Saturday, January 15; Friday, January 22: and Saturday, January
23. These are the top films from <STRONG><EM>The Archaeology
Channel</EM></STRONG> 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: <EM>Chumpi's
Adventure</EM>--a Peruvian film about a young Achuar boy canoing upriver to
his people's sacred waterfall in the Amazon forest. Read on
below for more details on the schedule and films. Please spread the
word where you can. We also have this posted at <A title=http://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/PortlandSeries2009.shtml href="http://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/PortlandSeries2010.shtml">http://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/PortlandSeries2010.shtml</A>,
where you can actually see clips from the films. </DIV>
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<DIV>Rick Pettigrew<BR>Archaeological Legacy Institute</DIV>
<DIV><A title=http://www.archaeologychannel.org/ href="http://www.archaeologychannel.org/">www.archaeologychannel.org</A></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT size=5>ArchaeologyFest Film Series: Best of
2010<BR><FONT size=3>A benefit for </FONT></FONT><FONT size=3><STRONG><EM>The
Archaeology Channel<BR></EM></STRONG>International Film and Video
Festival</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT size=3>Portland State University’s<BR>5th Avenue
Cinema<BR>510 SW Hall Blvd.<BR>January 14/15 & 21/22, 2011</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left>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)</DIV>
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<DIV align=left>Program A: Friday, January 14</DIV>
<DIV align=left>• <EM>Chumpi's Adventure</EM> (Peru) 47 min.<BR> This
film focuses on the lives of three generations of Achuar, who live in the
Peruvian Amazon. A young boy, Chumpi, his father, Secha, and his
grandfather, Irar, make an upriver trip to a sacred waterfall, where both adults
received their visions as young men. They travel through the tropical
rainforest in an adventure into the spiritual world of these indigenous
people. Their journey gives insight into the Achuar culture, as they try
to continue their traditions while facing conflicts with oil companies and the
encroaching industrial world. (Special Mention by Jury; Honorable Mention by
Jury for Script, Cinematography, and Inspiration)</DIV>
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<DIV align=left>• <EM>Lost Nation: The Ioway</EM> (USA) 57 min.<BR> In
1824, during the twilight of Native American dominion, two conflicted Ioway
leaders met with William Clark, one of the principals of the earlier Lewis and
Clark Expedition, to sign a momentous treaty. White Cloud saw cooperation
as survival for his people, while Great Walker regretted the loss of their
ancestral homeland. This pivotal moment led both men to different tragic
destinies in their battle with epic change. Ioway Elders join historians
and archaeologists to tell the dramatic and true story of the small tribe that
once claimed the territory between the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers from
Pipestone, Minnesota, to St. Louis. What was a quest for survival in the
past has become a struggle to retain a unique Native American culture and
language in the present. (Honorable Mention by Jury in the Best Film
competition)</DIV>
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<DIV align=left>Program B: Saturday, January15<BR>• <EM>Life in Limbo</EM>
(USA) 40 min. <BR> This film paints a portrait of life in the town of
Hasankeyf, in southeastern Turkey, a dramatic town of caves located near the
borders of Iraq and Syria. It has been inhabited since the 9th Century B.C. and
is considered an archaeological treasure because it is the finest example of a
medieval city in the region. Hasankeyf has endured upheavals through the
centuries but it now faces a seemingly insurmountable threat to its survival; a
proposed dam on the Tigris River that will submerge the town. Through a
combination of verite scenes, lyrical landscape images and interviews, Hasankeyf
is revealed as a town of long traditions, an archaeological treasure and
finally, a community that is fated to be destroyed. (Honorable Mention in the
Audience Favorite competition; Honorable Mention by Jury in the Best Film
competition, Cinematography, and Music)</DIV>
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<DIV align=left>• <EM>Stone Age Artists: The Magdalenian Masters</EM>
(France) 52 min.<BR> The inception of art in prehistoric times is a
much debated issue. Some believe it coincides with a revolution of the
mind, which is thought to have started about 40,000 years ago. Others
think it is the result of gradual evolution that began with the very first human
beings, some two million years ago. Our forefathers gradually devoted more
and more time to art, decorating their objects and their places of
residence. As for the Magdalenians, ancestors that settled in large areas
of Europe between 18,000 and 10,000 years B.C., art was amazingly
developed. The sculpted bas-relief of the Roc-aux-Sorciers site in
southwestern France is proof that a golden age of prehistory did actually
exist. For the first time ever, this film reveals Lascaux Cave, a showcase
that suggests that the Stone Age may well have had its share of “Michelangelos.”
(Best Script by Jury; Honorable Mention in the Audience Favorite competition;
Honorable Mention by Jury in the Best Film competition, Narration, Animation,
Cinematography, and Inspiration)</DIV>
<DIV align=left><BR>Program C: Friday, January 21<BR>• <EM>Standing with
Stones</EM> (UK) 135 min.<BR> 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)</DIV>
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<DIV align=left>Program D: Saturday, January 22<BR>• <EM>Herculaneum:
Diaries of Darkness and Light</EM> (Italy) 52 min.<BR> 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.
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<DIV align=left>• <EM>Paddle Ship “Patris”Lost in 1868...</EM> (Greece) 63
min.<BR> 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)</DIV>
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<DIV align=left><U>TAC Festival 2011 Moves to the Recital Hall at The Shedd
Institute</U></DIV>
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<DIV align=left>ALI announces the next edition of <STRONG><EM>The Archaeology
Channel</EM></STRONG> 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 <A href="http://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/TACfestival.shtml">http://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/TACfestival.shtml</A>.</DIV></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>