Saving Mes Aynak: Special Film Screening and Interview with the Director, Brent E. Huffman, 8 March 2018

The extraordinary 'Silk Road' archaeological site of Mes Aynak, 25 miles south-east of Kabul is one of the largest and most important in Afghanistan, and includes extensive remains of Buddhist art and architecture from the first millennium. But the vast copper deposits beneath the site, which contributed to its ancient prosperity, also represent a phenomenally valuable resource for a a modern country in need of investment, and in 2007 the site was leased to the China Metallurgical Group for £3 billion. Recordings are available here of Brent Huffman's introduction to the Oxford screening of his multi-award-winning Saving Mes Aynak and the interview by Dr Peter Stewart which followed it.

For information about how to see the documentary itself (free in Afghanistan), please visit the Saving Mes Aynak website.Introduction by Brent HuffmanInterview with Brent Huffman