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| Saving Mes Aynak | |
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| Directed by | Brent Huffman |
| Produced by | Brent Huffman Zak Piper Xiaoli Zhou |
| Cinematography | Brent Huffman |
| Edited by | Brent Huffman, Matt Lauterbach |
| Music by | Homayoun Sakhi |
Production company | German Camera Productions
Kartemquin Films |
| Distributed by | Icarus Films (US) AutLook FilmSales (Int'l) |
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Running time | 58 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Saving Mes Aynak is a 2014 independent documentary film, directed, produced, shot and edited by Brent E. Huffman.[2] It was produced out of Kartemquin Films, the landmark Chicago-based documentary house, along with producer Zak Piper.[3]
It focuses on Afghan archaeologist Qadir Temori and his struggle to save Mes Aynak, a 5,000-year-old archaeological site in Afghanistan which faces demolition.[4] Saving Mes Aynak was the 2014 recipient of a MacArthur Foundation Grant in 2014.
Saving Mes Aynak premiered at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam in November 2014.[5] It later aired on Al Jazeera America and Al Jazeera English networks in July 2015 and was also broadcast on multiple other networks in various countries.[4][6] In 2016, Saving Mes Aynak premiered on Netflix.
"Saving Mes Aynak" has won over 30 major awards and has been broadcast on television in over 70 countries. It can currently be seen on Netflix, iTunes, Amazon, Google Play and on Special Edition DVD with Icarus Films. The film was directed by Brent E. Huffman. He was awarded The International Academic Forum Documentary Film Award and Reva and David Logan Foundation Grant in 2015 in part for his work on the film.[7]
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