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GRANDMA'S TATTOOS: HOW THE SWEDISH FILM DIRECTOR DISCOVERED THE SECRET OF HER GRANDMOTHER
Artak Barseghyan
"Radiolur"
20.01.2012 18:34
"Grandma's Tattoos," a Swedish production directed by Suzanne
Khardalian, was recently aired on Al Jazeera English eight times over
the week of Jan. 11-18, occupying a prime time slot in all the key
time zones.
"Witness," the Al Jazeera program that featured "Grandma's Tattoos,"
screens award-winning documentaries that present realities often in
conflict- or disaster-stricken regions
"Grandma's Tattoos" is a film that lifts the veil of thousands
of forgotten women-survivors of the Genocide-who were forced into
prostitution and were tattooed to distinguish them from the locals.
Director of the film Suzanne Khardalian decided to shoot the film,
when she revealed the secret of her grandmother, which her family
had preferred not to speak about for a long time.
In the film members of the family try to recall that extremely private
story, which Suzanne Khardalian did not know about for a long time.
"My grandma was 12, when they were trying to escape. She was raped
on the ship, and this was the secret of our family," the director
said in an interview with "Radiolur."
When preparing the film, Khardalian found photos of other young girls
with silmilar tattoos on their faces.
The film has been released in Swedish, Armenian and English. About 20
thousand have watched the English version of the film on the Internet.
From: A. Papazian
Artak Barseghyan
"Radiolur"
20.01.2012 18:34
"Grandma's Tattoos," a Swedish production directed by Suzanne
Khardalian, was recently aired on Al Jazeera English eight times over
the week of Jan. 11-18, occupying a prime time slot in all the key
time zones.
"Witness," the Al Jazeera program that featured "Grandma's Tattoos,"
screens award-winning documentaries that present realities often in
conflict- or disaster-stricken regions
"Grandma's Tattoos" is a film that lifts the veil of thousands
of forgotten women-survivors of the Genocide-who were forced into
prostitution and were tattooed to distinguish them from the locals.
Director of the film Suzanne Khardalian decided to shoot the film,
when she revealed the secret of her grandmother, which her family
had preferred not to speak about for a long time.
In the film members of the family try to recall that extremely private
story, which Suzanne Khardalian did not know about for a long time.
"My grandma was 12, when they were trying to escape. She was raped
on the ship, and this was the secret of our family," the director
said in an interview with "Radiolur."
When preparing the film, Khardalian found photos of other young girls
with silmilar tattoos on their faces.
The film has been released in Swedish, Armenian and English. About 20
thousand have watched the English version of the film on the Internet.
From: A. Papazian