BLOOD ANTIQUITIES follows an investigative team that hunts down art dealers caught purchasing antiquities that have no proof of provenance. This art finds its way into western museums, including The Louvre, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Steinhardt Estate, and are being sold openly by auction houses like Sotheby’s and Christies. The illegal trade in antiquities has become one of the key financing streams of criminal organizations with ties to terrorism – but it’s a crime that often goes uninvestigated. This is all about to change thanks to a cohort of activists, lawyers, and ex-intelligence officers who band together to ensure justice is served, no matter how high-up the financial and political ladder their investigation takes them.
This film captures a massive movement on the ground, in real time, following activists who are not only catching criminals in the act, but ensuring a profound change in discourse and accountability occurs within nearly every corner of the art world.
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