Announcement

Collapse
No announcement yet.

KCET To Air 'Armenian Minstrels' And 'Armenian Exile' Documentaries

Collapse
X
 
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts

  • KCET To Air 'Armenian Minstrels' And 'Armenian Exile' Documentaries

    KCET TO AIR 'ARMENIAN MINSTRELS' AND 'ARMENIAN EXILE' DOCUMENTARIES

    asbarez
    Wednesday, March 30th, 2011

    Filmmaker Hagop Goudsouzian

    LOS ANGELES-KCET, independent public media for Southern and Central
    California, presents a special night of programming featuring
    back-to-back documentaries by filmmaker Hagop Goudsouzian on Tuesday,
    April 5, in observance of Armenian Remembrance. Larry Zarian, Vice
    Chair of the California State Transportation Commission and former
    mayor of Glendale, will host the evening with his son - film and
    television actor Gregory Zarian. Armenian Minstrels begins at 8 p.m.,
    followed by Armenian Exile at 9:30 p.m.

    Armenian Minstrels - in his newest film, filmmaker Hagop Goudsouzian
    travels to Armenia in search of the soul of Armenian music. Through
    a series of chance encounters, he attends a concert in Yerevan to
    see the Sayat-Nova Minstrel Song Ensemble, one of the most renowned
    minstrel groups in Armenia. Stunned by the beauty of their music and
    professionalism, he embarks on an unprecendented musical journey
    and spends a month filming them. Through songs and interviews the
    minstrels recount the critical role their songs and music play in
    keeping alive a once-dying art form, and the role music and songs
    play as a tool for cultural survival.

    In Armenian Exile (2009), his second film, Goudsouzian paints a
    self-portrait in which he pursues a greater understanding of his
    cultural roots. In 1988, Nagorno-Karabakh's war for independence
    was in the headlines worldwide. Halfway across the world in Canada,
    Goudsouzian's peaceful world was suddenly shaken: "I had forgotten I
    was Armenian, until I saw the courage of these people who had never
    forgotten who they were and knew what they had to do." Seeking clarity
    of both history and self, Goudsouzian reflects on Armenian identity,
    which is at the heart of all his films.

    Born in Egypt, Hagop Goudsouzian is of Armenian descent and currently
    lives in Toronto. In partnership with TVOntario TFO, he has produced
    and directed a number of television and documentary series.

    Look for Asbarez's exclusive interview with Goudsouzian tomorrow.




    From: A. Papazian
Working...
X