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ACCLAIMED ARMENIAN GENOCIDE DOCUMENTARY TO AIR ON PBS
Wednesday, March 18th, 2015
http://asbarez.com/133128/acclaimed-armenian-genocide-documentary-to-air-on-pbs/
'The Armenian Genocide' will air on PBS in April
NEW YORK--The documentary "The Armenian Genocide" presents the complete
story of the first Genocide of the 20th century - when over a million
Armenians died at the hands of the Ottoman Turks during World War I.
This award-winning and critically acclaimed one-hour film, originally
aired on PBS in 2006, will be distributed to public television
stations across the United States in April 2015 (check local listings)
to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Genocide. The film's
re-release is made possible by the Armenian Genocide Centennial
Committee of America, Eastern Region. The film was written, directed
and produced by Emmy Award-winning producer Andrew Goldberg of Two
Cats Productions.
The starting date of the Armenian Genocide is historically noted as
April 24, 1915, when Ottoman authorities arrested approximately 250
Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Constantinople. As
Armenians worldwide mark the 100th anniversary this year, broadcasts
of "The Armenian Genocide" offer a powerful accounting of the
Genocide. The documentary, filmed in the United States, France,
Germany, Belgium, Turkey and Syria, features interviews with the
leading experts in the field such as Pulitzer Prize-winning US
Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power and New York Times
best-selling author Peter Balakian, as well as historical footage
of the events and discussions with Kurdish and Turkish citizens in
modern-day Turkey who speak openly about the stories told to them by
their parents and grandparents. "The Armenian Genocide" is narrated
by Emmy winner Julianna Margulies and includes historical narrations
by actors Ed Harris, Natalie Portman, Laura Linney and Orlando Bloom,
among others.
The 2006 premiere of "The Armenian Genocide" on PBS received
extraordinary reviews and coverage in almost every major newspaper in
the US including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Los
Angeles Times, The Washington Post and The Boston Globe. The NJ Star
Ledger called it "...serious, literate and ultimately heartbreaking."
Alessandra Stanley of The New York Times described it as a "powerful"
film that "...honors the victims of the Genocide." The film, which
was screened at the US Congress in an event hosted by three U.S.
Representatives, aired on networks in Germany, Canada, Australia,
France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Finland and many other
countries. The film's television premiere also generated massive
outcry, as the Turkish government denies that a genocide occurred,
and maintains this position steadfastly to this day. The Government
of Turkey wrote a scathing letter to PBS condemning the film's
distribution, and Congressional Representatives spoke out on both
sides of the issue.
"What the word 'Genocide' connotes is a systematic campaign of
destruction. If you simply call the horrors of 1915 'crimes against
humanity' or 'atrocities,' it doesn't fully convey just how methodical
this campaign of slaughter and deportation really was, and I think
that's why historians look at the record and they really can come
to no other conclusion but that this word, Genocide, applies to this
methodical campaign of destruction," said Samantha Power at the time
of the film's initial release.
The Armenian Genocide was made possible by John and Judy Bedrosian,
The Lincy Foundation, The Avanessians Family Foundation, and The
Manoogian-Simone Foundation.
From: Baghdasarian
Wednesday, March 18th, 2015
http://asbarez.com/133128/acclaimed-armenian-genocide-documentary-to-air-on-pbs/
'The Armenian Genocide' will air on PBS in April
NEW YORK--The documentary "The Armenian Genocide" presents the complete
story of the first Genocide of the 20th century - when over a million
Armenians died at the hands of the Ottoman Turks during World War I.
This award-winning and critically acclaimed one-hour film, originally
aired on PBS in 2006, will be distributed to public television
stations across the United States in April 2015 (check local listings)
to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Genocide. The film's
re-release is made possible by the Armenian Genocide Centennial
Committee of America, Eastern Region. The film was written, directed
and produced by Emmy Award-winning producer Andrew Goldberg of Two
Cats Productions.
The starting date of the Armenian Genocide is historically noted as
April 24, 1915, when Ottoman authorities arrested approximately 250
Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Constantinople. As
Armenians worldwide mark the 100th anniversary this year, broadcasts
of "The Armenian Genocide" offer a powerful accounting of the
Genocide. The documentary, filmed in the United States, France,
Germany, Belgium, Turkey and Syria, features interviews with the
leading experts in the field such as Pulitzer Prize-winning US
Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power and New York Times
best-selling author Peter Balakian, as well as historical footage
of the events and discussions with Kurdish and Turkish citizens in
modern-day Turkey who speak openly about the stories told to them by
their parents and grandparents. "The Armenian Genocide" is narrated
by Emmy winner Julianna Margulies and includes historical narrations
by actors Ed Harris, Natalie Portman, Laura Linney and Orlando Bloom,
among others.
The 2006 premiere of "The Armenian Genocide" on PBS received
extraordinary reviews and coverage in almost every major newspaper in
the US including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Los
Angeles Times, The Washington Post and The Boston Globe. The NJ Star
Ledger called it "...serious, literate and ultimately heartbreaking."
Alessandra Stanley of The New York Times described it as a "powerful"
film that "...honors the victims of the Genocide." The film, which
was screened at the US Congress in an event hosted by three U.S.
Representatives, aired on networks in Germany, Canada, Australia,
France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Finland and many other
countries. The film's television premiere also generated massive
outcry, as the Turkish government denies that a genocide occurred,
and maintains this position steadfastly to this day. The Government
of Turkey wrote a scathing letter to PBS condemning the film's
distribution, and Congressional Representatives spoke out on both
sides of the issue.
"What the word 'Genocide' connotes is a systematic campaign of
destruction. If you simply call the horrors of 1915 'crimes against
humanity' or 'atrocities,' it doesn't fully convey just how methodical
this campaign of slaughter and deportation really was, and I think
that's why historians look at the record and they really can come
to no other conclusion but that this word, Genocide, applies to this
methodical campaign of destruction," said Samantha Power at the time
of the film's initial release.
The Armenian Genocide was made possible by John and Judy Bedrosian,
The Lincy Foundation, The Avanessians Family Foundation, and The
Manoogian-Simone Foundation.
From: Baghdasarian