This year, like last year, National Geographic Channel plans to dedicate this coming week to airing new exploration videos. This year, like last year, they were kind enough to send them along to me to review. Four of the seven new videos are related to archaeology, and, like last year, I will provide a guide to the interested reader, including context and additional reading for those viewers who might want to research a little deeper.
Tsantsa Head in the Quito Amazonia Museum. Photo © Diverse Productions, Ltd
I wish, I really wish I could say that I liked the first video, Search for the Amazon Headhunters, which premieres on Sunday, November 15, 2009. Last year's Expedition Week had several really wonderful videos, based on scholarly research, and god knows there aren't anywhere near enough of those in the world. But Search for the Amazon Headhunters is just not up to what I've come to expect from National Geographic—which doesn't mean it isn't worth watching, just not for the reasons you might expect.
Here is the first installment of my reviews and context analysis for National Geographic Expedition Week 2009: Search for the Amazon Headhunters. I'll post reviews of the later videos as we get closer to their air dates. See what you think and feel free to argue with me!
- Search for the Amazon Headhunters, viewer's guide and review at About.com
- National Geographic Expedition Week 2008, viewer's guide at About.com
- National Geographic Expedition Week 2009, official home page
- Piers Gibbon, official website
Comments
I wanted to see this and I do agree that it’s a bit off topic so to speak for NG.