GLOBAL – MAY 31, 2012: The brutal fight for humanity will be seen as never before as History reveals the worldwide premiere of an epic 12-hour television event titled Mankind the Story of All Of Us. Already two years in the making, the series is now in production, filming in locations all over the world including China, South Africa and Morocco, and will premiere in the fourth quarter of this year.
Slated to be the most in-depth television series ever produced by the channel, Mankind will be the first series in the history of the network to premiere all around the world at the same time, which will also be supported by a worldwide educational initiative.
Mankind is expected to redefine history as we know it for people around the world. With the odds against us at every turn—over 99.9% of all species of the earth have become extinct—the series examines what is unique about humans to have made them the dominant species on the planet; and how, against all odds, they survived.
The television series will also be the first in a generation to look at the history of the human race through the ages, but in a way that will be highly ambitious with the scale of its cinematic vision. Jaw-dropping CGI technology and dramatic reconstructions of the most critical events in human history brought to life, as never seen before, will leave viewers spell-bound to the compelling story of our race.
In every episode, the path of Mankind’s progress will be unlocked through a set of mysterious keys. These will range from the first tools to the construction of the pyramids, to the birth of agriculture and the revolutions in military technology; through the Vikings landing in America and discovery of new worlds, culminating in the industrial revolution and the making of the modern world.
“This project will redefine history as we know it, and will help answer fundamental questions such as who we are, where we came from and how we got here. We are travelling to every corner of the planet so that people will know our collective story,” says Louis Boswell, general manager of AETN All Asia Networks.
Photo by: A+E Networks, Joe Alblas
