Topic: Screamers Movie

"Hrant Dink has long been a voice for tolerance and understanding, and it is inconceivable that this message was not heard by the criminal who took his life away,” says “Screamers” director Carla Garapedian.

Dink was the editor of the Agos newspaper and was shot to death on the street in front of his office Friday in Istanbul. Garapedian interviewed Dink in Istanbul for “Screamers” to discuss the pressures being faced by people who want to speak freely about the Armenian genocide - notably himself, Orhan Pamuk and publisher Ragip Zaracolou. In the film, he explains that many people in Turkey cannot comprehend that their predecessors would be perpetrators of genocide. "Because they're against genocide and wouldn't commit it themselves, they can't believe their ancestors would have done such things either." It’s a battle, he said, for hearts and minds.

'System of a Down' Genocide Documentary To be Screened at Valley Beth Shalom

ENCINO -- Valley Beth Shalom and Jewish World Watch will screen the new documentary "Screamers," on Monday, January 22, at 7 p.m., at 15739 Ventura Blvd., in Encino. Admission is free of charge.

This new documentary follows the Grammy-winning rock band, "System of a Down" as they explore modern day genocide beginning with the Armenian Genocide of 1915, through the Holocaust, to Darfur in our time.

The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with Rabbi Ed Feinstein, System of a Down band member Shavo Odadjian, Director Carla Garapedian, and Harut Sassounian, Publisher of The California Courier.

Glass artist extraordinaire Donna Eichholz, who has been commissioned by the Royal Family of Saudi Arabia and the hugely popular Glastonbury Music Festival in Britain, among others, to create magnificent works of glass art, will design a genocide-inspired piece of commemorative jewelry for use by the new film SCREAMERS and its partner, Save Darfur.

Eichholz's work has been seen in more than 20 countries worldwide with exhibits, galleries and festivals showcasing her glass sculptures. Though a Massachusetts native who currently resides in England, she is perhaps best known in South Africa, where her work has merited numerous substantial showsnd media coverage.

WASHINGTON, DC - SCREAMERS, the gripping documentary about the multi-platinum, Grammy-award winning band "System Of A Down's" campaign to end the cycle of genocide, will be screened before a Congressional audience on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, January 17th, reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).

The evening's program - which is being hosted by Congressmen Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Save Darfur, the ANCA Endowment, and the Raffy Manoukian Charity - will start with a 6:30 pm reception, continue with a 7:30 pm screening, and conclude with a discussion with the film's director Carla Garapedian and special guests. It will take place in the Mumford Room on the sixth floor of the James Madison Building of the Library of Congress.
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