THE ODYSSEY OF GOLDBERG’S ‘THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE’
"Public television’s attempt to illuminate a dark period of European history is demonstrating that in the world of documentaries, few topics are black and white. ’The Armenian Genocide’ began airing this week on dozens of PBS stations, including nine in the nation’s top TV markets. Josh Belzman, cover producer on the MSNBC.com, writes on April 23.
"We chose to air ‘The Armenian Genocide’ based on its merits and because we felt it was balanced and presented both sides of the story," said Lucy Sholley, director of media relations of the WGBH station in Boston. "We felt the documentary stood on its own."
KCTS in Seattle aired the film and the panel discussion. Program manager Eric Maki said in a statement that the station wanted to give viewers as much information as possible to "make an informed decision" and "better understand the world around them."
On April 24 Goldberg screened his documentary at Hollywood’s Egyptian Theatre before an audience estimated at 1,000. "I didn’t want this story to not have a chance to be shown to the Armenians in Los Angeles," he said. "It’s a story that many of them had taken part in, through their involvement or just being connected with it."
Through tattered photos, letters and celebrity voiceovers, the documentary created by New York-based filmmaker Andrew Goldberg depicts a Turkish campaign of expulsion, rape, and murder that led to the deaths of an estimated 1.5 million ethnic Armenians between 1915 and 1920.
As they come of age, a growing number of Armenian Americans are demanding the government recognize their ancestors’ deaths as genocide, Josh Belzman writes. Filmmakers and Grammy-nominated bands with Armenian roots, such as System of a Down, have staged benefits calling attention to the issue. The band and other activists are scheduled to meet with members of Congress next week to again press their case.
"Is change near? Another look at history casts doubt: Nearly every year federal legislation is introduced. All of the measures have either died in the House or languished in the Senate," he concludes.
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