[CPProt.net] SAFE Premieres "NETWORK" at Archeological Institute of America Annual Meeting in Montreal on January 6, 2006

[Museum Security and Cultural Property Protection (Ton Cremers)]

SAFE Premieres "NETWORK" at AIA Annual Meeting in Montreal on January 6,
2006

On Friday, January 6, 2006, SAFE / Saving Antiquities for Everyone will
present the North American premiere of NETWORK, an eye-opening documentary
about the network of looters, middlemen, buyers and sellers who participate
in, or benefit from, the global trade of illicit antiquities from Greece and
the Mediterranean region. This much-anticipated film will be screened at the
Archeological Institute of America's Annual Meeting in Montreal in Room 525
B of the Palais des congrès de Montréal (Convention Centre) on Friday,
January 6, 2006 at 7:00 pm.  

Exposing the dark underside of the antiquities trade and the deeper crisis
facing our shared global cultural heritage, NETWORK tells a story that no
archaeologist, museum curator or director, professor, collector or student
can afford to ignore. The 80-minute video surveys the most significant
antiquities cases from the past three decades, including the Marion True
cases, the Euphronius krater dispute, the Corinth Museum theft, the looting
of Aidone, the Elie Borowsky controversy, the Robin Symes, Giacomo Medici
and more.  The film features in-depth interviews with more than a dozen
major figures from the museum world (Thomas Hoving), prominent antiquities
dealers (James Ede, Jerome M. Eisenberg, Ph.D.), collectors (George Ortiz),
academics (Lord Colin Renfrew, Dr. Neil Brodie), journalists (Peter Watson)
and key law enforcement figures (in Greece, Italy, Switzerland and the US).


NETWORK is "a 'must-see' for museum directors, curators, collectors, art
historians and art history students," says Ton Cremers of Museum Security
Network. "Dealers and auction houses too should see this fascinating
documentary, even though I am very pessimistic that it will change their
attitude towards the trade in unprovenanced antiquities."  

SAFE / Saving Antiquities for Everyone, the exclusive  distributor of
NETWORK DVDs in the U.S. and Canada, will make a limited number of disks
available for sale after the January 6th screening in Montreal and will
begin selling NETWORK at www.savingantiquities.org/network on January 7,
2006. The price for the DVD is $30.00 USD ($25.00 + $5.00 shipping &
handling). 

Inquiries: 
  • DVD sales in US & Canada, please contact: network at savingantiquities.org
  • EU and US television rights and DVD sales in EU (not including UK and
Greece), please contact: info at deckert-distribution.com
  • All other inquiries, please contact: rea at anemon.gr

Contact: 
SAFE / Saving Antiquities for Everyone, Inc.
Emily Jateff 
network at savingantiquities.org