The age-old history of the Sahara Desert is characterized by alternating phases of climatic extremes alternating between periods of great dryness and heavy rains. About 12,000 years ago, after a period of extreme drought, the rains returned and life began slowly to return to this desolate landscape. Thus, in the central Sahara, on the massifs of the Tadrart Akakus and the Messak in southwest Libya, the first communities formed, tough and vital, and culturally accomplished. Through the cave paintings and the shelters in which they survived, these communities have left intact a book of stone which has revealed much to the world today about their extraordinary and evolving human story.

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Length: 58 min. Country: Italy Language: English Producer: Lucio and Anna Rosa / Studio Film TV Producer Web site:www.studiofilmtv.it Distributor: Studio Film TV Distributor Web site: www.studiofilmtv.it Copyright: 2007 by Studio Film TV

Festival Screenings and Awards:

2nd Prize, International Archaeological Film Festival, Rovereto, Italy 2006
1st Prize, International Archaeological Film Festival, Il Capitello d’oro, Rome, Italy 2007