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    DETROIT PUBLIC TV TO PRESENT TWO ARMENIAN DOCUMENTARIES ON MARCH 16

    18:07, 02 Mar 2015
    Siranush Ghazanchyan

    Detroit Public TV will present a special Armenian Heritage Night
    on Monday, March 16, 2015, featuring the broadcast of two important
    documentaries starting at 8:00 p.m. that will commemorate the Armenian
    Genocide and celebrate the music legacy of its survivors.

    LIVE Armenian music will be performed throughout the evening by Ara
    Topouzian on kanun and Jerry Gerjekian on percussion.

    Guardians of Music: A History of Armenian Music in Detroit

    This one-hour film documentary, produced and narrated by Detroit
    Armenian musician and 2012 Kresge Artist Fellow Ara Topouzian,
    chronicles the history of generations of local Armenian music masters.

    Traditional Armenian folk music ranges from ballads that describe
    centuries of village life to upbeat dance songs performed at weddings,
    community dances, and picnics. These traditions have been handed down
    by generations of musicians, as well as survivors of the Armenian
    Genocide of 1915. The film features visits to metro Detroit locations
    where Armenian music was once prominent, as well as rare interviews
    with musicians and nightclub patrons of that era.

    The Armenian Genocide

    The Armenian Genocide is the story of the more than one million
    Armenians who died at the hands of the Ottoman Turks in World War I.

    Produced by Emmy Award-winner Andrew Goldberg, the program is narrated
    by Julianna Margulies, Ed Harris, Natalie Portman, Laura Linney,
    Orlando Bloom and others. It includes interviews with Pulitzer
    Prize-winning author (and current US Ambassador to the UN) Samantha
    Power, as well as never-before-seen historical footage.

    http://www.armradio.am/en/2015/03/02/detroit-public-tv-to-present-two-armenian-documentaries-on-march-16/

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