May 27, 2014

Thursday, May 22, 2014, at UCI School of Humanities, The Vahe & Armine Meghrouni Lecture Series in Armenian Studies, presents: ” How ‘Screamers’ and System of a Down Widened the Parameters of Public Debate About the Armenian Genocide ” with CARLA GARAPEDIAN, Ph. D., Documentary Film Director.

Carla Garapedian is a documentary filmmaker. She directed “Children of the Secret State” about North Korea and was an anchor for BBC World News

Carla Garapedian has received numerous awards for her piercing documentaries. In 2006 “Screamers,” cocreated and produced by Peter McAlevey shared the American Film Institute Audience Award for Best Picture. On February 27, 2009, AGBU honored Garapedian with GenNext’s “Community Hero award.” Garapedian accepted the award for her film Screamers, a critically acclaimed documentary about System of a Down’s efforts to raise Armenian Genocide awareness in the minds of mainstream audiences. During her acceptance speech.
 
 

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