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April 26 2009
System Of A Down Help Promote Genocide Docu Screamers
MG2 Productions in association with Sony Music Entertainment, BBC
Television and The Raffy Manoukian Charity present Screamers, in a
special, free viewing of this highly-praised documentary for one week
starting Friday, April 24th in recognition of Armenian Genocide
Remembrance Day. Directed by award-winning journalist and filmmaker,
Carla Garapedian, this gripping documentary traces the history of
modern-day genocide and genocide denial — from the Ottoman Empire at
the start of the 20th century, to the current genocide in
Darfur. Follow the multi-platinum album selling and
Grammy-Award®-winning band, System of a Down as they raise awareness
for human rights atrocities that continue to plague the world today.
This powerful film includes seven never-before-released concert and
behind-the-scenes footage of the band on tour. "A brilliant film,"
says Larry King of CNN, that asks the audience, as well as all people,
to be "screamers" and to speak out against injustice.
"Genocides, we should feel, are all one," said Serj Tankian, lead
singer of System of a Down. "I think this is an important film. It’s
not just about System, it is about the denial of genocide, the common
denominator of all genocides, how they get away with it. It is about
the hypocrisy of denial."
A similar sentiment is shared by the film’s director: "The band’s
music is the perfect vehicle to make people wake up and take action to
end the cycle of genocide," said Carla Garapedian. "Screamers busts
wide-open the hypocrisy of politicians and governments who have
misleadingly vowed ‘never again.’ This film reminds us that we, as
individuals, can make a difference. We can, as Serj says, all be
screamers."
A chilling segment in the film features an exclusive interview with
one such "screamer," journalist and activist, Hrant Dink. Brutally
killed shortly after the film’s premiere for speaking out for
recognition of the Armenian Genocide, Hrant Dink spent the majority of
his life fighting the government of Turkey’s ongoing denial of the
Genocide.
Multi-platinum, Grammy-Award winning band, System Of A Down, lend
their music to this critically acclaimed political movie– an
impassioned synthesis of concert film and hard-hitting exposé about
genocide in the last century– from the Armenian genocide, the first
genocide of the 20th century, to the genocide now in Darfur. The film
includes commentary and interviews with Pulitzer prize-winning author
Samantha Power ("A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of
Genocide"), survivors from Turkey, Rwanda and Darfur, FBI
whistleblowers, and the recently assassinated Hrant Dink, who all shed
light on why genocides occur and how they are permitted to repeat.
Video: Screamers (Full Movie)
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