KROMDRAAÏ – CHILDREN FROM THE CRADLE OF HUMANKIND

  • Cédric Robion
With the participation of José Braga
  • Documentary
  • 2021
  • France
  • 90 min

How did humankind emerge ? At Kromdraai (RSA), the palaeoanthropologist José Braga has unearthed the remains of two children : one is human, the other a Paranthropus, the oldest ever found ! They are the starting-point for ground-breaking research that may at last reveal the origins of our genus.

Screenplay
  • Based on an original idea by Raphaël Hautefort
Photography
  • Laurent Didier
Sound
  • Pierre Carrasco
  • Marc Apruzzese
  • Dana Farzanehpour
Editing
  • Audrey Maurion
  • Cédric Robion
Original score
  • Jean Mallet
Production
  • Ex Nihilo
  • Blanche Guichou
Coproduction
  • Et Alors Productions
  • Altus et Fortis
Partners
  • France Télévisions
  • Région Île-de-France
  • Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée
  • PROCIREP - Société des producteurs et de l’ANGOA
  • CNRS Images
International seller Terranoa
Awards Prix du Public, Festival Pariscience 2021
Festivals Pariscience 2021
Firenze Archeofilm 2022
Lumexplore, Festival International du film d’exploration scientifique 2022
FICAB - Festival International du Cinéma Archéologique de la Bidassoa 2022
Rencontres d'archéologie de la Narbonnaise 2022
Arkhaios Film Festival 2022

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