{"identifier":"COO-Secret_6312197182112","browse_author":"Richard Mordaunt (Director), Michael Oliver (Producer), Richard Mordaunt (Producer) and Coolamon Films (Richard Mordaunt) (Proprietor (Publisher Bloomsbury Video))","subscription_list":["bvl_historyculturesch"],"titleByTitle":"Yes","isbn":9781350919327,"description":"This remarkable story began in 1960 when Richard Mordaunt and Michael Oliver, following in the footsteps of Freya Stark the great English explorer, set out to explore the Valley of the Assassins in Northern Persia. The film they made was shown on David Attenborough\u2019s Travellers Tales in 1961. Then in 2010, fifty years later, they returned to Damascus to uncover the origins of the Assassin Story which had spread to Syria in the Middle Ages. They were one of the last people to film in Damascus and Aleppo before Syria descended into Civil War. The resulting film explores both the history of the region, its present conflicts, and the future of Syria, Islam and the Arab Awakening. Presented by Sally Oliver with Middle Eastern experts Professor Tariq Ramadan, Dr Daftary, Antoine Touma, Prof Riley Smith and Prof Charles Melville unraveling this fascinating story. Director, Executive Producer: Richard Mordaunt; Presenter: Sally Oliver; Producers: Richard Mordaunt and Michael Oliver; Appearing: Professor Tariq Ramadan, Antoine Touma, Professor Riley Smith, Professor Charles Melville, Dr. Daftary; Produced by Coolamon Films and West Coast Film Productions Richard Mordaunt is one of Australia\u2019s most experienced documentary film-makers with 40 years experience producing feature documentaries in Australia and the UK. Throughout the 60s and 70s, using the first lightweight cameras, he photographed and directed award winning documentaries in the UK including House of the Rising Sun, Voices, Sweet Soul Music, Ireland Behind the Wire, Seeds of a New Life. In 1979 he moved to Australia with his partner Diana Barbara and they continued to make documentaries for the Australian and International market. Language - English","videoId":6312197182112,"browse_view":"contentTypeBrowsePageIndexView","subscription":"bvl_historyculturesch","title":"A Secret History","xml_source":"bvl_historyculturesch_video-vra.xml","browse_search":"COO-Secret","videoPoster":"https://cf-images.eu-west-1.prod.boltdns.net/v1/static/4171818645001/4ed6299e-4a1f-4660-833d-2fcc4aff826e/38434c45-a4f8-4c4a-8b8e-37619cf4dc44/1280x720/match/image.jpg","facets":"middleEasternArtsAndLiterature , Middle Eastern arts and literature , middleEasternHistory , Middle Eastern history , middleEasternPolitics , Middle Eastern politics , heritageAndTradition , Heritage and tradition , mythsAndLegends , Myths and legends , warAndWeapons , War and weapons , _19601969 , 1960\u20131969 , _20102019 , 2010\u20132019 , made_20102019 , 2010\u20132019 , english , English , syria , Syria , origin_australia , Australia , video , Video , middleEasternStudies , Middle Eastern Studies , artsAndLiterature , Arts and literature , _19001999 , 1900\u20131999 , _2000Present , 2000\u2013present , middleEast , Middle East , anthropology , Anthropology , societyAndSocietalIssues , Society and societal issues , made_2000Present , 2000\u2013present , origin_oceania , Oceania ,","contenttypeorder":3,"date_of_publication":2013,"publisher":"Coolamon Films (Richard Mordaunt)","productname":"bvl_all","id_search":"COO-Secret","facet":["_19001999","_19601969","_2000Present","_20102019","anthropology","artsAndLiterature","english","heritageAndTradition","made_2000Present","made_20102019","middleEast","middleEasternArtsAndLiterature","middleEasternHistory","middleEasternPolitics","middleEasternStudies","mythsAndLegends","origin_australia","origin_oceania","societyAndSocietalIssues","syria","video","warAndWeapons"],"contentType":"video","authors":"Richard Mordaunt~Michael Oliver~Richard Mordaunt~Coolamon Films (Richard Mordaunt)"}