Gobeklitepe - The World's First Temple
Directed by: Ahmet Turgut Yazman - 75 min. - Turkey
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“Everyone, everything has a story to tell. Some of these stories never see the light of day… remain a secret forever.”

While challenging common beliefs on the history of civilization, the film takes the audience back to 12 thousand years ago, to Göbeklitepe, 12km. away from SanliUrfa, Southeast Turkiye. The construction date of the “World’s First Temple” is thousands of years earlier than the most important symbols of ancient wisdom; such as the Stonehenge monument in England, or the Egyptian Pyramids.

The main character in this extraordinary tale is Homo Sapiens, namely “The Cognizant Human”. But what does man, from mystical and scientific perspective know about himself? The documentary shows us how old taboos come tumbling down as we keep scratching the surface.

Interviews with experts on archeology, astronomy, mysticism, religion and history combined with illustrations and 3D animations of the site are forcing us to review everything we supposedly know about human history.



Gobeklitepe - The World's First Temple screens after:


Breaking Boundaries, the Art of Alex Masket
Directed by: Dennis Connors  -  19 min.  -  USA
The story of Alex Masket, a unique and extraordinary artist who has created a deep and varied body of work despite a disability that inhibits what most might consider to be 'normal' human interaction. Alex is a young adult with severe autism and makes what we in the verbal world call 'art'. Is he expressing himself? Is this his language, and is it our disability if we can't understand it?
Containing interviews with art experts and a community of supporters, Breaking Boundaries documents the kinetic energy and wholly individualistic style of a young artist, and brings into sharp focus the notion of what artistic communication and the creative impulse is all about.

9:00 pm
Saturday, August 21, 2010
The Carter Center in the Rotunda
$8

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