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Interview: Killing Ed Filmmaker Mark Hall exposes a shocking truth “Turkish Imam Gulen” Takeover US Charter Schools

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killing-edBy Wally Sarkeesian

Hollywood, Arpa Film festival

Killing Ed is a 94 minutes feature film by award-winning director Mark S, Hall that exposes a shocking truth: that the largest network of taxpayer-funded charter schools in the U.S hide a worst-case-scenario….. that they are operated with questionable academic, labor, and H1-B visa standards by member of the “Gulen Movement” – a rapidly expanding, global  Islamic group whose leader, Fethullah Gulen, lives in self-imposed exile in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania  USA. Gulen has been accused of leading a violent coup in July, 2016 to overthrow the Turkish government. Killing ED provides its audiences with a shocking first-hand look inside the Gulen Movement and the schools- with never before seen interviews and hidden camera footage –while revealing the corruption of those attempting to privatize public schools in the USA.

Notable screenings, awards and mentions

Arpa Film Festival hollywood

Tallgrass Film Festival 2015

Julien Dubuque International Film Festival 2016

(Best Documentary Nominee)

Glendale International Film Festival 2016

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HollyWood: Interview Bared Maronian Film Director “Women of 1915” Video

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front-page-740By Wally Sarkeesian

The documentary  Women of 1915 combines facts and emotion to honor these brave women of the Armenian Genocide, many of whom lost their lives, survived to create new lives, or were forced into lives that were not their own. Many women, Armenian, European, and American, also traveled great distances to rescue lives, even at the risk of their ow,. Among the women highlighted in the film are survivors, volunteers, and resisters, including survivor Aurora Mardiganian , American volunteer Mary Louise Graffam, diplomat Diana Apkar, and Danish missionary Maria Jacobsen.

You can see again December 7th at 7:00PM  MGN 5 start Cinema  128 N. Maryland Ave, Glendale, CA  for reservation call Nayiri 818 939-9282

Women of 1915 (2016)

Director: Bared Maronian

Writer: Bared Maronian

Producer: Bared Maronian

Duration 90 min

Notable screenings, awards and mentions:

World premiere: Ciccone Theatre, New Jersy

Australian Premiere: Melbourne, Wellington College. Sydney, AGBU Center

Detroit Premiere: Emagine Novi Theater, Michigan

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Evening with DR Armine Ishkanyan Lecture, UC Irvine School of Humanities, Armenian Studies VIDEO

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front-pictureDr Armine Ishkanian
Programme Director of the MSc in Social Policy and Development (State and NGO Streams)
London School of Economics, Department of Social Policy, Houghton Street

The challenges facing Armenia today,

Civil society – range of actors from NGOs to social movements and grassroots groups

The private sector -small & medium businesses, large corporations

International organisations and financial institutions – e.g., the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, the UN agencies

Individuals – in Armenia and in the diaspora.s

Defining civil society

A concept with a long heritage in Western thought – from Ancient Greece, Rome to the 17th-18th Century Enlightenment

 

 

Also see other interveiws Exploring Armenia, Episode 2 The Coffee Shop Success with a touch of love Story

Video Interveiw Armenian Honorary Consul Bangkok

Exploring Armenia’s potential, Episode 1 Inaugurating Adopt A Village Project

The challenges facing Armenia today.

Actors & institutions in policy processes

Defining civil society

A concept with a long heritage in Western thought – from Ancient Greece, Rome to the 17th-18th Century Enlightenment

Exploring Armenia, Episode #2 The Green Bean Coffee Shop Success with a touch of love Story,

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the-green-bean-coffee-740Yerevan: Episode #2 The Green Bean Coffee Shop Success Story.

The Green Bean Coffee Shop Success with a touch of love Story,  why United States Marine made Armenia his home. Everything you need to know about starting Business in Armenia.

Also see Episode 1 the Adopt A Village Video

https://youtu.be/Hl-FVaVWjAA

Interview Armenian honorary consul in Thailand 

https://youtu.be/IqodBRcpyNQ

 

Pro-Turkey deniers trying to undermine #ArmenianGenocide film “The Promise”

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the-promis-turkish-blackmailUsers of the Internet Movie Database (IMDb) are voting politically on The Promise without having seen it, The Independent writes.

The Terry George-directed film stars Christian Bale and Oscar Isaac and is set during the final days of the Ottoman Empire, leading up to the Armenian Genocide that killed 1.5 million.

Despite having been screened to the public three times only, The Promise now has 86,704 ratings on IMDb, 55,126 of which are one-star and 30,639 of which are 10-star, with very few ratings falling anywhere in between. The majority of votes come from males outside the US.

It is IMDb’s policy not to interfere with user ratings, but many have called for the database to step in following the tide of negative ratings.

According to the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA), pro-Turkey Armenian Genocide deniers have begun efforts to undermine the film, urging negative reviews and ratings on popular movie sites including IMDB, where over 80,000 ratings have been logged, most from outside Canada – the only venue where the film has been shown.

Armenian American billionaire Kirk Kerkorian’s Armenian Genocide-era epic The Promise premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) on September 11th to wide acclaim.

Exploring Armenia’s potential, Episode 1 Inaugurating Adopt A Village Project

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karas-740By Wally Sarkeesian

Len Wicks, an initiator of the ‘Adopt a Village’ program, is Armine Hakobyan’s husband. They’ve been implementing the program, linking the Armenian communities with the Diaspora communities abroad, for 1 year already.

Len Wicks, a resident of Australia and New Zealand, married an Armenian woman, Armine Hakobyan, five years ago. It was then that he discovered the Armenian highland and grew fond of the villages scattered around it, as well as the people living there, the nature and the historical monuments of this country.

“This nation has great potential. I think, Armenia can become one of the world’s tourist centers. As far as I could see, Armenians are very industrious people. I believe, the local youth have great future, but that requires certain changes. This could be achieved through cooperation with the Armenian Diaspora. The latter possesses great potential to ensure Armenia’s development,” says Len Wicks.

“This program involves micro-projects, carried out thank to the Armenian communities of Thailand, New Zealand and Australia. So, we are thus trying to contribute to the development of Armenian villages. Having married Armine, I took a treasure from Armenia, and now I realize that it’s my turn to do something for this wonderful country,” he explains.

The ‘Adopt a Village’ program has been carried out in Vayots Dzor province, South Armenia, involving Areni, Rind and Shatin villages.

Video: Yerevan Armenia 25th Independence Day: rehearsals for military parade

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By Wally Sarkeesian,

YEREVAN-Sunday, September 18 at 9 am, the soldiers and the Armenian army officers are trained on the Republic Square and nearby boulevards military parade Wednesday, September 21 for the 25th Independence Anniversary Armenia. Thousands of soldiers were in order on the Republic Square in a remarkable discipline. Military helicopters flew over the Armenian capital including the Republic Square. Thousands of citizens and tourists were present to follow this training military parade. Dozens of tanks, some equipped with missile launchers, military trucks carrying long-range missile batteries S300 and many other Armenian army units marched on the Republic Square and the boulevard Tigranes Medz resumed the way of their military bases. We realized many pictures of the units of the Armenian army carrying tanks and missiles.

A military parade will take place as part of celebrations of the 25th anniversary of Armenia’s independence on September 21.

Rehearsals for the military parade are taking place in Yerevan.