The war against culture, and the battle to save it. This new documentary film looks at the urgent issue of cultural destruction, and features interviews with the Director-General of UNESCO, the Prosecutor of the ICC, as well as many international experts.
The Destruction of Memory documentary film
It explores of the powerful connection between people and their works of art, monuments, architecture and books, at how they are targeted and destroyed in conflict, but also how they protected and rebuilt by brave human beings.
The film has screened at institutions such as the British Museum, Harvard Art Museums, the National Museum of Antiquities of the Netherlands, for UNESCO, at Oxford, Brown, Stanford, and in Europe, Canada, Asia and Australia. Reviews have called it 'a blisteringly uncompromising documentary' and 'powerful...humane, poignant...a compelling film'.
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Rebuilding of Ferhadija Mosque - Derek Wiesehahn
Rebuilding of Ferhadija Mosque, Banja Luka, Bosnia & Herzegovina
Image: Derek Wiesehahn
Copyright 2016 Vast Productions USA
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Reconstructed mausoleum, Timbuktu, Mali - Francois Rihouay
Reconstructed mausoleum, Timbuktu, Mali
Image: Francois Rihouay
© 2016 Vast Productions USA
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Frauenkirche by candlelight - Eron Sheean
Frauenkirche by candlelight, Dresden
Image: Eron Sheean
© 2016 Vast Productions USA
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Soldier patrols in front of Djinguereber Mosque - Francois Rihouay
A soldier patrols in front of Djinguereber Mosque, Timbuktu. Image by Francois Rihouay
from ‘The Destruction of Memory’
© Vast Productions USA 2016
To read and see more, visit the film's website
http://destructionofmemoryfilm.comTo explore a screening of the film, or for further information, please contact the film's producer
Tim Slade at tim[at]vastproductions.com.au or on +1 310 200 9591