Friday, March 23, 7:00 PM -- Free
Historic Boler's Red Barn Hall on Main Street -- Camp Verde

Searching for the Great Hopewell Road
(USA, 58 min.)

From about 200 B.C. to about 400 A.D. the Hopewell people constructed thousands of earthworks in the central Ohio area, among the most well-known being the Octagon earthworks at Newark and the Mound City Group at Chillicothe. Based on the work of Ohio Historical Society archaeologist Bradley T. Lepper, this documentary film examines the evidence for the existence of an arrow-straight 60-mile-long ancient highway connecting these two main ceremonial centers. Possible astronomical alignments at the Newark earthworks are also discussed. Searching for the Great Hopewell Road blends interviews with rare archival photographs, beautiful artifacts, stunning aerial photography, and new computer animation for an unprecedented look at the magnificent legacies of the Hopewell people.  The landmark documentary generated academic praise, critical acclaim and strong viewership surrounding recent broadcasts on public television stations in the Ohio Valley. 

The following films will be held in the Historic Boler's Red Barn Hall
Admission is $10.00 per day/$5 for Center Members
Tickets go on sale March 1

Saturday, March 24, 1:00 pm

Stone Age Artists: The Magdalenian Masters
(France, 52 min.)

Art of the Magdalenians, ancestors that settled in large areas of Europe between 18,000 and 10,000 years B.C., was amazingly developed. The sculpted bas-relief of the Roc-aux-Sorciers site in southwestern France is proof that a golden age of prehistory did actually exist.  This film reveals the Lascaux cave, a showcase that suggests that the Stone Age may well have had its share of “Michelangelos.”

Saturday, March 24, 2:30 pm

Historic Archaeology: Beneath Kentucky’s Fields and Streets
(USA, 58 min.)

“Historic Archaeology: Beneath Kentucky’s Fields and Streets” examines what archaeologists are learning about the daily lives Euro-American settlers, slaves, laborers and immigrants during the 1800s. This one-hour documentary travels to historic sites across the Commonwealth, blending interviews with video, artifacts, archival photographs and original animation. The documentary is presented in four segments based on archaeological periods: Frontier, Antebellum, Civil War and Industrialization. Each segment features key scientific discoveries made by some of the state’s top archaeologists over the past decade.

Showings: Premiere on Kentucky Educational Television channels, 2010; Society for American Archaeology Film Competition, 2010; International Archaeology Film and Video Festival 2011

This showing is made possible by the generosity of the Kentucky Heritage Counci. This film was produced by the Kentucky Heritage Councill and Kentucky Archaeological Survey with funding by the Federal Highway Administration and Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Information on the video series and the order form may be found at the following web-site: http://heritage.ky.gov/kas/pubsvids/archseries.htm

Sunday, March 25, 1:00 PM

The Secret of the Snake Goddess
(Canada, 52 min.)

The Minoan civilization is regarded as the very cradle of European culture. Every year thousands of tourists travel to Crete to gaze at the imposing Palace of Knossos. Apart from the pyramids of Gizeh, the centre of Minoan culture is one of the most famous archaeological excavations. The few existing Minoan relics are eagerly protected in great museums.  But could it be possible that the Minoan culture - as we know - is actually a fake? Did the Minoan culture ever exist in the way which we assume? A spectacular discovery made by Canadian archaeologist Alexander McGillivray challenges everything.

Sunday, March 25, 2:30 PM

The Sign on the Stone:  The unknown Sahara of the Peoples with no name
(Italy, 58 min)

The age-old history of the Sahara is characterized by alternating phases of climatic extremes: periods of great dryness, of heavy rains, and in the background the stories of men whose luck it was to choose this land as their home. From the end of the Pleistocene to the Holocene and up to the last desertification, through their cave paintings the shelters that gave them refuge became the place of abode and conservation of a culture. In these books of stone is revealed and recorded a human story that today still displays intact its fascinating and extraordinary magic.