Network, an eye-opening DVD documentary that focuses on the illicit trade of Greek antiquities is distributed in the US and Canada exclusively through Safe/Saving Antiquities for Everyone. Produced in 2005 by Ioannis Kaspiris, The Greek Film Center, ERT and Anemon Productions, Network mirrors the deeper crisis facing our shared global cultural heritage. The DVD is now available on Safe’s website, www.savingantiquities.org.

“Network is an ideal means for understanding the illicit antiquities trade and a timely tool to further our mission to raise awareness about the perils to cultural heritage,” says Cindy Ho, president of Safe.

Network’s unique behind-the-scenes look has received acclaim from Archaeology Magazine which highly recommends it, and Roger Artwood, author of Stealing History, said: “From tomb to saleroom, Network is the most hard-hitting account of the illicit antiquities trade I have ever seen on film.”

The film takes viewers from locations in Greece, Southern Italy, and Turkey, straight through to the auction floor at Christie’s. It also highlights important cases such as the Robin Symes affair (linked to antiquities recently seized on the island of Schoinoussa), the Marion True and Giacomo Medici prosecutions, the Euphronios krater, and the Corinth Museum theft.

Network presents revealing interviews with key representatives from the museum world, the collector and dealer communities, academia, journalism and law enforcement: Thomas Hoving, former director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Jerome M. Eisenberg, director of the Royal-Athena Gallery, Lord Colin Renfrew, the former director of the Illicit Antiquities Research Center, Richard Ellis, the Former Chief of Scotland Yard's Art and Antique Squad, and Patrick Gildea, an FBI Special Agent, and many others.