Event Details
Date & Time:
Fri March 6, 2015
7 PM
Location:
The Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Drive
Evanston, IL 60208
Audience:
Open to the public
Details:
Saving Mes Aynak
Friday, March 6, 2015 7:00 PM FREE
(Brent Huffman, 2014, US, DCP, 60 min.)
Saving Mes Aynak follows Afghan archaeologist Qadir Temori as he races against time to save a 5,000-year-old archaeological site in Afghanistan from imminent demolition by a Chinese state-owned mining company which is eager to harvest $100 billion dollars worth of copper buried directly beneath the archaeological ruins. Only 10% of Mes Aynak has been excavated, though, and some believe future discoveries at the site have the potential to redefine the history of Afghanistan and the history of Buddhism itself. Qadir Temori and his fellow Afghan archaeologists face what seems an impossible battle against the Chinese, the Taliban and local politics to save their cultural heritage from likely erasure.
Sneak preview courtesy of Kartemquin Films.
In person: Brent Huffman
Contact The Block Museum of Art for more information: (847) 491-4000 or email us at block-museum@northwestern.edu