Two Cats Productions
Contact Joy F. Noel
Tel: 212-929 2085
joy@twocatsproductions.com
http://www.twocats tv.com/
THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE DOCUMENTARY TO AIR ON WETA PBS IN WASHINGTON
D.C. WITH DIRECTOR ANDREW GOLDBERG IN THE STUDIO
Airs on WETA PBS channel 26 (check cable listings) Sunday, August 5 at 8pm
New York, NY (August, 2007) — The Armenian Genocide, which received
international critical acclaim and aired nationally on PBS in 2006
will air for a second run on WETA PBS () in Washington
D.C., Sunday August 5 at 8pm. Director Andrew Goldberg will be in the
studio live to discuss the documentary.
The film received extraordinary reviews and coverage in almost every
major newspaper in the US including The New York Times where it was
described as "powerful" adding that it "…honors the victims of the
Genocide." It was also covered in the Wall Street Journal, The LA
Times, The Boston Globe and countless others. The NJ Star Ledger called
it "serious, literate and ultimately heartbreaking." The Weekly Standard
described it as "evocative and visually rich." In addition the film has
sold internationally to major networks in Canada, Australia, Italy,
Spain, Portugal, Greece, Finland and other countries. Narrated by
Julianna Margulies, the film features additional narrations from Ed
Harris, Natalie Portman, Orlando Bloom, Laura Linney, Paul Rudd, Jared
Leto and others.
The Armenian Genocide is the story of the first Genocide of the 20th
century – when over a million Armenians died at the hands of the Ottoman
Turks during World War I. This unprecedented and powerful one-hour
documentary, scheduled to air April 17th on PBS, was written, directed
and produced by Emmy Award-winning producer Andrew Goldberg of Two Cats
Productions, in association with Oregon Public Broadcasting.
Featuring interviews with the leading experts in the field such as
Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Samantha Power, and New York Times
best-selling author, Peter Balakian, this film features
never-before-seen historical footage of the events and key players of
one of the greatest untold stories of the 20th century.
Filmed in the US, France, Germany, Belgium, Turkey and Syria, the
program features discussions with Kurdish and Turkish citizens in
modern-day Turkey who speak openly about the stories told to them by
their parents and grandparents.
Two Cats Productions is a documentary production company in New York
City led by Andrew Goldberg. His television credits include PBS, ABC
News, E!, CNN, and countless others. In addition to documentaries, he
has also written and produced commercials for such companies as Bell
South, Sephora/Louis Vuitton, AT&T and PetSmart. Goldberg and Two Cats’
recent documentary productions include, A Yiddish World Remembered for
PBS which won an Emmy in 2002, and The Armenians, A Story of Survival,
which aired on PBS stations nationally in 2002 and was awarded the CINE
Golden Eagle.
Major Underwriters: John and Judy Bedrosian, The Avanessians Family
Foundation, and The Manoogian-Simone Foundation.
Photos for The Armenian Genocide are available online at
pressroom.pbs.org and For more information
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