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    PBS TO AIR TWO ARMENIAN DOCUMENTARIES

    http://www.reporter.am/index.cfm?objectid=3B44AD96-D7C5-11DF-A6BB0003FF3452C2
    Thursday October 14, 2010

    Filmmaker Vardan Hovhannisyan.

    Yerevan - Two top Armenian documentaries - both award-winning human
    stories - will be shown on public television in the US over the next
    two Sundays.

    On Sunday October 17, Public Television stations around the country
    will show "The Last Tightrope Dancer in Armenia," a warm, thoughtful,
    beautifully-shot story about the dying art of tightrope dancers, and
    the continuing competition and camaraderie between two old masters,
    and the hopes they place on one young artist.

    On Sunday October 24, the same public television stations will screen
    "A Story of People in War and Peace," a passionate film that follows
    the lives of soldiers and nurses who spent years in the trenches
    during the Karabakh war. The film has already screened on BBC, ARTE
    and other international channels, and has won over 20 awards including
    the FIPRESCI (International Federation of Film Critics) prize. For
    its director, Vardan Hovhannisyan, the film also garnered a Best New
    Documentary Filmmaker Prize at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York.

    "The Last Tightrope Dancer" is the acclaimed work of two young
    filmmakers -- Inna Sahakyan and Arman Yeritsyan. Both have produced
    several documentaries over the last decade. Sahakyan has directed more
    than 10 social documentaries for Armenian television and worked as
    assistant director on "A Story of People in War and Peace." Yeritsyan
    has directed a number of award-winning documentaries including,"Under
    the Open Sky" and "Goodbye Fellini."

    Both films are produced by Bars Media, which was established by Vardan
    Hovhannisyan in 1993. Bars Media specializes in making documentaries
    about human stories, culture, history and other social issues. The
    studio currently develops documentary films in Africa, Russia and
    Afghanistan.

    The Public Television showings on October 17 and 24 offer a unique
    opportunity for the Armenian-American public and the public at large to
    enjoy these excellent productions. Both films have English subtitles.

    Information about cities and airing time at:
    http://www.pbs.org/itvs/globalvoices/guide.html




    From: A. Papazian
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