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GRANDMA'S TATTOOS
Aljazeera.com
http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/witness/2012/01/201219114241618276.html
Jan 12 2012
Qatar
A family story that reveals the fate of the Armenian women driven
out of Ottoman Turkey during the First World War.
Filmmaker: Suzanne Khardalian
During the First World War, millions of Armenians were forced out
of their homes in the then Ottoman empire, into the deserts of Syria
and Iraq.
More than a million people died in what Armenians describe as a
genocide, although Turkey rejects this accusation.
Filmmaker Suzanne Khardalian makes a journey into her own family to
investigate the terrible truth behind her late grandma's odd tattoos.
Her grandma was always a bit strange, never liking physical contact
and covered with unusual marks.
Everybody in the family seemed to know the story, but no-one ever
spoke about it.
So when grandma's mystery is slowly unveiled, family taboos are broken
down and Suzanne exposes the bigger story - the fate of the Armenian
women driven out of Ottoman Turkey during the First World War.
The painful journey behind Suzanne's grandma's tattoos unfolds through
Armenia, Lebanon, Sweden and Syria, finally bringing out the truth.
Grandma's Tattoos airs from Wednesday, January 11, at the following
times GMT: Wednesday: 2000; Thursday: 1200; Friday: 0100; Saturday:
0600; Sunday: 2000; Monday: 1200; Tuesday: 0100.
Aljazeera.com
http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/witness/2012/01/201219114241618276.html
Jan 12 2012
Qatar
A family story that reveals the fate of the Armenian women driven
out of Ottoman Turkey during the First World War.
Filmmaker: Suzanne Khardalian
During the First World War, millions of Armenians were forced out
of their homes in the then Ottoman empire, into the deserts of Syria
and Iraq.
More than a million people died in what Armenians describe as a
genocide, although Turkey rejects this accusation.
Filmmaker Suzanne Khardalian makes a journey into her own family to
investigate the terrible truth behind her late grandma's odd tattoos.
Her grandma was always a bit strange, never liking physical contact
and covered with unusual marks.
Everybody in the family seemed to know the story, but no-one ever
spoke about it.
So when grandma's mystery is slowly unveiled, family taboos are broken
down and Suzanne exposes the bigger story - the fate of the Armenian
women driven out of Ottoman Turkey during the First World War.
The painful journey behind Suzanne's grandma's tattoos unfolds through
Armenia, Lebanon, Sweden and Syria, finally bringing out the truth.
Grandma's Tattoos airs from Wednesday, January 11, at the following
times GMT: Wednesday: 2000; Thursday: 1200; Friday: 0100; Saturday:
0600; Sunday: 2000; Monday: 1200; Tuesday: 0100.