Rummaging for Pasts

Nov 23, 2001

0h 27m

★ 0.0

Excavating Sicily, digging Bombay

Overview

Rummaging for Pasts is an experimental juxtaposition of two cinematic documents: the video diary of an international archaeological excavation and a collection of assorted eight millimeter found footage of Indian weddings.

Genres

Documentary

History

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Cast

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Bengt Westergaard

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Antello

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Prof. Ian Morris

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Prof. Christopher

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Tom

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Prof. Kristian Kristiansen

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Dr. Cornilus Holtrof

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Prof Sebastiano Tusa

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Dr. Michael Colb

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