"A 5,000 year-old Bronze age site and Buddhist Silk Road city in Afghanistan is threatened with destruction, and this award-winning film can make a difference."
"the film is remarkable by the cinematographic quality and it touches us by The emotion it carries, the empathy that the film arouses for men who risk their lives to save their memory. "
"Saving Mes Aynak shows the sheer determination of the Afghan archaeologists to protect their culture against overwhelming odds... Huffman has crafted a remarkable film of courage, heroism, and hope."
"Moved and awed and saddened by this powerful film."
Prof. Stephennie Mulder, DepT of Art & Art History: Islamic Art and Architecture, University of Texas at Austin
In “Saving Mes Aynak,” filmmaker Brent Huffman tells a story emblematic of our times: a ruinous reality that leaves us feeling angry, fearful and sad, yet strangely inspired and determined at the same time.
