- Ice People
Infobox Film
name = Ice People
caption = Screenshot of Allan Ashworth and Adam Lewis looking for fossils in theMcMurdo Dry Valleys
director =Anne Aghion
producer =Anne Aghion
writer =Anne Aghion
starring = Allan Ashworth Adam Lewis
music =
cinematography =
editing = Nadia Ben Rachid
distributor = Dry Valleys Productions
released =2008
runtime = 77 min.
MPAA =
country =Antarctica
language = English
budget =
gross =
website = http://www.icepeople.com/
amg_id = 1:450648
imdb_id = 1234433"Ice People" is a documentary film directed by
Anne Aghion about the research of Allan Ashworth and Adam Lewis inAntarctica . Produced by Dry Valleys Productions, this2008 film, the film portrays thescientist s discoveringfossil s from 13.9 million years ago.cite news |first=Steve |last=Bergeson |title=Research Team Advances Knowledge of Antarctica's Climate History |url=http://www.innovations-report.de/html/berichte/geowissenschaften/research_team_advances_knowledge_antarctica_039_s_115778.html |work=Newswise Science News |date=2008-08-11 |accessdate=2008-08-18 ] The film premiered at theSan Francisco International Film Festival in April 2008 [cite web |url=http://fest08.sffs.org/films/film_details.php?id=40 |title=Films/Ice People |accessdate=2008-08-28 |work=San Francisco International Film Festival |date=2007 ] and was screened at theJerusalem Film Festival in July 2008. [cite news |title="Ice People" Premieres at Jerusalem Film Festival |url=http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/542483/ |work=Newswise |date=2008-07-09 |accessdate=2008-08-28 ] This film is scheduled to air onSundance Channel in 2009.ynopsis
"Ice People" brings
Anne Aghion and her crew toAntarctica where they spent four months following the lives ofNorth Dakota State University geologist professors Allan Ashworth and Adam Lewis, as well as theMcMurdo Station staff over four months. The film crew then followed the professors and two undergraduate students into the field where they camped out and shot in conditions of extreme cold and winds that ranged from -50°C/-60°F to 0°C/32°F. The film shows the scientific team scouring ancient emptied lakebeds in the hope of finding evidence ofplant s andinsect s that would prove that the world's coldest continent was once warm and verdant roughly 14 to 20 million years ago.References
External links
* [http://www.icepeople.com/ Official website]
*
*
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.