French distribution company Newen Connect is bringing their latest non-fiction series to the London TV Screenings. “Master Sapiens” is a dive into the Lascaux Cave, considered by experts to be the first art school in history. The series is available as one 52′ documentary or two 45′ episodes, produced by Pernel Media, with C8 / Planète + holding broadcasting rights in France.
“Master Sapiens” director Nathalie Laville, a documentary filmmaker specialised in archaeology, first thought the project to be impossible since the Lascaux Cave has been closed for visitation to the public since becoming a protected Unesco World Heritage Site in 1963. Speaking with Variety ahead of the London TV Screenings, Laville recalls how a key discovery made the series viable.
“I was worried because I knew the cave had been closed to the public and scientists but, as I dug in, I realised there was now a state-of-the-art 3D clone of the cave.
“Master Sapiens” director Nathalie Laville, a documentary filmmaker specialised in archaeology, first thought the project to be impossible since the Lascaux Cave has been closed for visitation to the public since becoming a protected Unesco World Heritage Site in 1963. Speaking with Variety ahead of the London TV Screenings, Laville recalls how a key discovery made the series viable.
“I was worried because I knew the cave had been closed to the public and scientists but, as I dug in, I realised there was now a state-of-the-art 3D clone of the cave.
- 2/27/2024
- by Rafa Sales Ross
- Variety Film + TV
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