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Armenian Studies Program
Barlow Der Mugrdechian, Coordinator
5245 N. Backer Ave. PB4
Fresno CA 93740-8001
ASP Office: 559-278-2669
Office: 559-278-2669
FAX: 559-278-2129
Visit the ASP Website: http://www.fresnostate.edu/artshum/armenianstudies/
The Armenian Studies Program and CineCulture Film Course
to Screen `Grandma's Tattoos' by Suzanne Khardalian on October 24
Film director Suzanne Khardalian (Sweden) will be the discussant at a
screening of her film, `Grandma's Tattoos,' as part of the CineCulture
Film Series at Fresno, at 5:30PM, on Friday, October 24, 2014. The
film will be shown in the Leon S. and Pete Peters Educational Center
Auditorium, located on the West End of the Save Mart Center (entry at
Shaw and Woodrow Aves.). The screening is co-sponsored by the Armenian
Studies Program at Fresno State.
Director Khardalian makes a journey into her own family's history to
investigate the terrible truth behind her grandmother's odd tattoos
and, in the process, unveils the story of the Armenian women driven
out of Ottoman Turkey during the First World War.
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.
Everybody in the family seemed to know the story, but no one ever
spoke about it.
Suzanne Khardalian is an independent documentary filmmaker and
writer. She has studied both in Beirut and Paris. She has directed
several films, among others: `Back to Ararat' (1988), `Guldbagge'
(Swedish Oscar equivalent) for Best Film and a Red Ribbon at the
American Film and Video Festival. Other films include `Unsafe Ground'
(1993), the most frequently shown documentary in Sweden, `Her Armenian
Prince' (1997), `From Opium to Chrysanthemums' (2000), and `Words and
Stones - Gaza' (2000).
The film screening is free and open to the public. Free public parking
is available in all Parking Lots near the Peters Educational Center
Auditorium.
For more information about the lecture please contact the Armenian
Studies Program at 278-2669, or visit our website at
www.fresnostate.edu/armenianstudies.
Barlow Der Mugrdechian, Coordinator
5245 N. Backer Ave. PB4
Fresno CA 93740-8001
ASP Office: 559-278-2669
Office: 559-278-2669
FAX: 559-278-2129
Visit the ASP Website: http://www.fresnostate.edu/artshum/armenianstudies/
The Armenian Studies Program and CineCulture Film Course
to Screen `Grandma's Tattoos' by Suzanne Khardalian on October 24
Film director Suzanne Khardalian (Sweden) will be the discussant at a
screening of her film, `Grandma's Tattoos,' as part of the CineCulture
Film Series at Fresno, at 5:30PM, on Friday, October 24, 2014. The
film will be shown in the Leon S. and Pete Peters Educational Center
Auditorium, located on the West End of the Save Mart Center (entry at
Shaw and Woodrow Aves.). The screening is co-sponsored by the Armenian
Studies Program at Fresno State.
Director Khardalian makes a journey into her own family's history to
investigate the terrible truth behind her grandmother's odd tattoos
and, in the process, unveils the story of the Armenian women driven
out of Ottoman Turkey during the First World War.
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.
Everybody in the family seemed to know the story, but no one ever
spoke about it.
Suzanne Khardalian is an independent documentary filmmaker and
writer. She has studied both in Beirut and Paris. She has directed
several films, among others: `Back to Ararat' (1988), `Guldbagge'
(Swedish Oscar equivalent) for Best Film and a Red Ribbon at the
American Film and Video Festival. Other films include `Unsafe Ground'
(1993), the most frequently shown documentary in Sweden, `Her Armenian
Prince' (1997), `From Opium to Chrysanthemums' (2000), and `Words and
Stones - Gaza' (2000).
The film screening is free and open to the public. Free public parking
is available in all Parking Lots near the Peters Educational Center
Auditorium.
For more information about the lecture please contact the Armenian
Studies Program at 278-2669, or visit our website at
www.fresnostate.edu/armenianstudies.