Two documentaries
We'll be watching and discussing two documentaries from the DVD series "ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS":
1/ The Lost Empire of Genghis Khan, produced in 2008 by the International Masters Publishers AB. The History Channel: Ancient Mysteries. The host is Josh Bernstein.
2/ Terracotta Army: Secrets of an Ancient Dynasty. This film is also produced in 2008 by the International Masters Publishers AB. (MMII Cicada Films Limited.) The film tells the story dated back to the 1st millennium BC city of Xi'an (in ancient times, Chang'an) that was the easternmost point of the celebrated Silk Road and where the world's most important archeological finds have ever been made beginning 1974. The excavations are still in progress. There are several professors in Chinese history - Dr. Jeffrey K. Riegel, UC Berkeley, Dr. Robin D. S. Yates, McGill University, Dr. Hugh Baker, University of London, and Dr. Wang Tao, University College London, who are commenting these amazing discoveries in the film offering certain fascinating hypotheses.
Running time: approximately 50 minutes each film.
Both films are in English.
The screening will take place at SRH on Saturday March 2, at 5pm. It will be introduced and commented on by Alma Kunanbaeva.
Silk Road House, 1944 University Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 (between Milvia & Martin Luther King; enter by side door in passageway under black Zabu Zabu awning); e-mail: silkroadhouse@yahoo.com; website: www.silkroadhouse.org; tel.: 510-981-0700.
