Empire of the Word

Filmed in 15 countries and 8 years in the making, this compelling look at the act of reading traces its impact on more than 5000 years of human history. An ambitious and grand documentary series.... Read More

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DVD

Product Type:
1

Discs:
Arts & Music, Documentary, STUDIO

Genre:
208 mins

Running Time:
16:9 Widescreen

Aspect Ratio:
All

Region:
PAL

Format:
Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo

Audio:
2nd June 2010

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$29.99
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Overview

Eight years in the making, Empire of the Word is a compelling look inside the act of reading and traces its impact on more than five thousand years of human history.

Introduced and narrated by one of the world’s great readers, Canadian writer Alberto Manguel, the series traces reading’s origins; examines how we learn to read; exposes censors’ attempts to prevent our reading; and finally, proposes what the future might hold for this most human of creative acts.

Filmed in 15 countries Empire of the Word is an ambitious documentary in the grand tradition of the BBC's Planet Earth, Carl Sagan's Cosmos or Jacob Bronowski's The Ascent of Man. This is a must-see series about how reading is at the heart of human existence.

Language: English

Barcode: 9322225083325

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