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GRANDMA'S TATTOOS TO BE SCREENED IN GLENDALE APRIL 18
PanARMENIAN.Net
March 30, 2012 - 11:49 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - The film Grandma's Tattoos will screen on April 18,
2012 in the Glendale Public Library Auditorium,
The documentary chronicles filmmaker Suzanne Khardalian's quest to
expose the extreme abuse suffered by her grandmother, a survivor of
the Armenian Genocide.
"Grandma was abducted and held in slavery for many years somewhere
in Turkey. She was also forcibly marked, - tattooed - as property,
the same way you mark cattle. I share the shame, the guilt and anger
that infected my grandma's life", states Khardalian. Grandma's Tattoos
sheds light on the story of thousands of forgotten female survivors
of the Armenian Genocide, many of them children and teenagers, who
were raped, abducted, and forced into prostitution.
After the film a discussion will take place with Ara Khachatourian,
the English editor of Asbarez daily newspaper, and Paula Devine,
Chair of the City of Glendale's Commission on the Status of Women. The
program is sponsored by the Glendale Public Library and the Associates
of Brand Library & Art Center. The film is the first offering in a
film series sponsored by The Associates of Brand Library & Art Center.
From: A. Papazian
PanARMENIAN.Net
March 30, 2012 - 11:49 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - The film Grandma's Tattoos will screen on April 18,
2012 in the Glendale Public Library Auditorium,
The documentary chronicles filmmaker Suzanne Khardalian's quest to
expose the extreme abuse suffered by her grandmother, a survivor of
the Armenian Genocide.
"Grandma was abducted and held in slavery for many years somewhere
in Turkey. She was also forcibly marked, - tattooed - as property,
the same way you mark cattle. I share the shame, the guilt and anger
that infected my grandma's life", states Khardalian. Grandma's Tattoos
sheds light on the story of thousands of forgotten female survivors
of the Armenian Genocide, many of them children and teenagers, who
were raped, abducted, and forced into prostitution.
After the film a discussion will take place with Ara Khachatourian,
the English editor of Asbarez daily newspaper, and Paula Devine,
Chair of the City of Glendale's Commission on the Status of Women. The
program is sponsored by the Glendale Public Library and the Associates
of Brand Library & Art Center. The film is the first offering in a
film series sponsored by The Associates of Brand Library & Art Center.
From: A. Papazian