USA Premiere

SYNOPSIS

In 2013, Italian engineer Guido Gay discovered an ancient shipwreck between Corsica and Italy at a depth of 360 meters. While the cargo was initially thought to be ballast stone, it soon became clear that the ship was delivering tons of glass in varying degrees of workmanship.

This remarkable discovery, the second of its kind, prompts the formation of a Franco-Italian archaeological team to investigate the wreck's cargo, now known as the Capo Corso 2, onboard the Alfred Merlin.

This film explores the significance of glass in Ancient Rome through the team’s deep-sea archaeological research, and how the development and dissemination of glassmaking methods changed human civilization forever.

About the Director

Marcello Adamo is a director, producer, author, and director of photography whose career spans almost fifty years on the screen. His production company, Filmare Entertainment, specializes in underwater filmmaking, from documentaries on deep-sea relics such as War Secrets: Italy’s Forgotten Invasion (2000) and One Ocean: The Changing Sea (2012), to collaborating with filmmakers to do underwater scenes including Oscar-winner Paolo Sorrentino on his debut film, One Man Up (2001).

Marcello’s films have reached various international markets and audiences through channels varying from RAI and SBS to A&E Network and Discovery.

Marcello’s filmmaking is all about reconnecting modern society and culture to its ancient roots, as was the case in his most recent film, “Sogno di Volare” (2022), which follows a youth theatre group’s journey to stage an ancient Greek theatre performance in the amphitheatre of Pompeii.