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Armenian National Committee of America
1711 N Street NW
Washington, DC 20036
Tel. (202) 775-1918
Fax. (202) 775-5648
Email [email protected]
Internet www.anca.org
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 8, 2006
Contact: Elizabeth S. Chouldjian
(202) 775-1918
CAPITOL HILL SCREENING, ANTI-GENOCIDE DOCUMENTARY 'SCREAMERS'
-- Documentary Featuring Grammy Award-Winning Rock Band
"System of a Down" Traces the History of Modern Day Genocide,
including the Holocaust, Armenian Genocide and Darfur
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.
(Independence Ave SE, between 1st and 2nd Streets)
"SCREAMERS is about exposing the denial of all genocide, Armenia,
the Holocaust, Cambodia, Bosnia, Kosovo, Rwanda, the Iraqi Kurds
and the current horror in Darfur," said Garapedian. "It is about
making sure the same critical message George Clooney and Don
Cheadle are 'screaming' about is heard, that these atrocities
'never happen again.' And I believe, it is this generation, the
'screamers', who will make sure all genocide is recognized and
ends, because 'screamers' will no longer tolerate or accept
previous generations of politicians and humanitarians who have so
miserably failed them."
"Adolph Hitler used the Armenian Genocide as a blueprint for the
Holocaust, silencing the potential reservations of his generals by
asking the chilling question: 'Who, after all, speaks today of the
annihilation of the Armenians,'" said ANCA Executive Director Aram
Hamparian. "These hateful words, inscribed on the walls of the
U.S. Holocaust Museum and Memorial, remind us all of the compelling
moral cause of our time - the message delivered so clearly and
powerfully by SCREAMERS - that we must end forever the cycle of
genocide."
SCREAMERS debuted at the American Film Institute Film Festival on
November 2nd and won the coveted AFI Audience Award. On hand for
the opening were Garapedian, "System Of A Down" band members Serj
Tankian, John Dolmayan and Shavo Odadjian, producers Pete McAlevey
and Tim Swain, sponsor Raffy Manoukian of the Raffy Manoukian
Charity and a host of genocide recognition and prevention activists
from the ANCA, Save Darfur, and other groups.
SCREAMERS is a production of MG2 productions in association with
BBC Television and The Raffi Manoukian Charity. Garapedian, a
veteran reporter who has made a career of covering the most
difficult stories, from Chechenya to repression in Afghanistan,
follows the European tour of "System Of A Down" and their ongoing
efforts, through music and activism, to raise awareness about
denial of all genocide, tracing the band members' own personal
journey of their grandparents surviving the Armenian Genocide and
its legacy of a century of atrocities. The film, distributed by
Maya Entertainment, is currently playing in the Los Angeles area
and will open on January 26th in New York City, Washington, DC,
Boston, Chicago and Detroit.
On December 22nd, during an ANCA-Western Region press conference
outside of the opening of the film in Encino, California,
Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA) and Garapedian spoke to the media
about ending the cycle of genocide, from the Armenian Genocide of
1915 to the Genocide going on in Darfur today.
To learn more about System Of a Down's Armenian Genocide
recognition advocacy tour in Washington, DC earlier this April:
http://www.anca.org/press_releases/press_re leases.php?prid=945
To RSVP for the screening, please contact the ANCA at [email protected]
or (202) 775-1918.
1711 N Street NW
Washington, DC 20036
Tel. (202) 775-1918
Fax. (202) 775-5648
Email [email protected]
Internet www.anca.org
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 8, 2006
Contact: Elizabeth S. Chouldjian
(202) 775-1918
CAPITOL HILL SCREENING, ANTI-GENOCIDE DOCUMENTARY 'SCREAMERS'
-- Documentary Featuring Grammy Award-Winning Rock Band
"System of a Down" Traces the History of Modern Day Genocide,
including the Holocaust, Armenian Genocide and Darfur
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.
(Independence Ave SE, between 1st and 2nd Streets)
"SCREAMERS is about exposing the denial of all genocide, Armenia,
the Holocaust, Cambodia, Bosnia, Kosovo, Rwanda, the Iraqi Kurds
and the current horror in Darfur," said Garapedian. "It is about
making sure the same critical message George Clooney and Don
Cheadle are 'screaming' about is heard, that these atrocities
'never happen again.' And I believe, it is this generation, the
'screamers', who will make sure all genocide is recognized and
ends, because 'screamers' will no longer tolerate or accept
previous generations of politicians and humanitarians who have so
miserably failed them."
"Adolph Hitler used the Armenian Genocide as a blueprint for the
Holocaust, silencing the potential reservations of his generals by
asking the chilling question: 'Who, after all, speaks today of the
annihilation of the Armenians,'" said ANCA Executive Director Aram
Hamparian. "These hateful words, inscribed on the walls of the
U.S. Holocaust Museum and Memorial, remind us all of the compelling
moral cause of our time - the message delivered so clearly and
powerfully by SCREAMERS - that we must end forever the cycle of
genocide."
SCREAMERS debuted at the American Film Institute Film Festival on
November 2nd and won the coveted AFI Audience Award. On hand for
the opening were Garapedian, "System Of A Down" band members Serj
Tankian, John Dolmayan and Shavo Odadjian, producers Pete McAlevey
and Tim Swain, sponsor Raffy Manoukian of the Raffy Manoukian
Charity and a host of genocide recognition and prevention activists
from the ANCA, Save Darfur, and other groups.
SCREAMERS is a production of MG2 productions in association with
BBC Television and The Raffi Manoukian Charity. Garapedian, a
veteran reporter who has made a career of covering the most
difficult stories, from Chechenya to repression in Afghanistan,
follows the European tour of "System Of A Down" and their ongoing
efforts, through music and activism, to raise awareness about
denial of all genocide, tracing the band members' own personal
journey of their grandparents surviving the Armenian Genocide and
its legacy of a century of atrocities. The film, distributed by
Maya Entertainment, is currently playing in the Los Angeles area
and will open on January 26th in New York City, Washington, DC,
Boston, Chicago and Detroit.
On December 22nd, during an ANCA-Western Region press conference
outside of the opening of the film in Encino, California,
Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA) and Garapedian spoke to the media
about ending the cycle of genocide, from the Armenian Genocide of
1915 to the Genocide going on in Darfur today.
To learn more about System Of a Down's Armenian Genocide
recognition advocacy tour in Washington, DC earlier this April:
http://www.anca.org/press_releases/press_re leases.php?prid=945
To RSVP for the screening, please contact the ANCA at [email protected]
or (202) 775-1918.