Erasing Memory in Upcoming Film Festival

"Erasing Memory" has been selected to partecipate at the 18th International Festival of Archaeological Film, taking place in Rovereto from the 1st to the 6th October 2007. It will be shown the 3rd October in the evening, and it will compete for the “Città di Rovereto-Archeologia Viva” Prize, given by the public to the most appreciated film.

About Erasing Memory:
Erasing Memory is on of the half-hour programs from our 12-part series on the Iraq War called, "Shocking & Awful: A Grassroots Response to War and Occupation." This program describes the horrendous destruction of the museums and archives of Iraq, the oldest treasures of human civilization, in the wake of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Millennia of history were bombed, looted and destroyed, and with them the memory and culture of Iraq. It was also selected for the 2006 Icronos International Archaeology Film Festival in Bordeaux, France. The series "Shocking & Awful" has been shown in many festivals, and notably, was featured in the Whitney Museum of American Art's 2006 Biennial. The review of the Biennial in the Financial Times in London said that our series "is a sobering indictment of global democracy at gunpoint and on its own makes the Biennial essential viewing."

About the Film Festival
The Civic Museum of Rovereto, in conjunction with the magazine "Archeologia Viva", is organizing the XVIII International Festival of Archaeological Film, which will take place on 1st, 2nd 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th October 2007. The Festival is open to any film in the fields of archaeological, historical, palethnological and anthropological research and to any documentary aimed at preserving and valuing the cultural heritage. A special section will include films on ancient civilizations which have alternated on the territories of the today's Iran. This Festival, in conjunction with the magazine Archeologia Viva, promotes and values the documentaries through a variety of cultural, scientific and educational events. The theme of this year's competition is: " Archaeology of the Americas".