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    AGHET - EIN VOLKERMORD'S RETROSPECTIVE SCREENING IN YEREVAN

    Aysor
    Armenia
    July 27 2010

    The National Gallery of Armenia will host screening of the best
    movies of the 7th International Golden Apricot Film Festival, which
    took place in Yerevan. A film Aghet - Ein Völkermord (Genocide, a
    Tragedy) by German film-maker Eric Friedler will be screened Tuesday,
    told media producer and author of the program at the National Gallery,
    Melik Karapetian.

    The 90-minute documentary was included in the program of the Golden
    Apricot Festival. It features the 1915 Genocide, committed by Turks
    against civil Armenian population, which resulted in 1,5 million
    deaths among them. The film highlights the Turkish authorities'
    policy of nowadays towards recognition of those crimes.

    Initiated by a Congressman Adam Schiff, the film was screened at the
    Capitol Hill gathering together former US ambassador to Armenia John
    Evans, supporters of the Resolution on the 1915 Genocide congressmen
    Brad Sherman, Frank Pallone, and other officials. After the screening
    the congressmen made statements condemning Turkey's policy.

    Eric Friedler's film Aghet - Ein Völkermord will be screened at 8
    pm in Yerevan's The Club.




    From: A. Papazian
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