MOVIE FEATURING SYSTEM OF A DOWN: DETAILS REVEALED
Ultimate-Guitar
Nov 8 2006
artist: system of a down date: 11/08/2006 category: general music news
System Of A Down have lent their voice, music, and support to a
ground-breaking new film called "Screamers", which had its acclaimed
world debut on November 2, 2006 in Los Angeles, CA as part of the
prestigious AFI Film Festival.
Directed by the award-winning, humanitarian activist Carla Garapedian,
"Screamers" is an internationally produced documentary that covers the
history of modern-day genocide and genocide denial, beginning with
the Armenian Genocide in 1915, and how the world’s inaction lead to
other massacres.
System Of A Down have always worked to spread the message about
official Armenian genocide recognition within the U.S. and other
world powers that have yet to formally acknowledge that it took
place. The band felt compelled to work with this unique project
that hauntingly illustrates how the denial of those crimes lead to
more genocides of the 20th Century – from the Holocaust to Cambodia,
Bosnia, Rwanda…and all the way to present-day Darfur.
Using SOAD’s music as the backdrop to historical footage and current
accounts from genocide survivors, "Screamers" presents some of the
great questions of our time: Can we stop genocide? Do we really mean
"never again?" And how can we take action to prevent atrocities of
this magnitude from happening in the future?
Beginning Friday, January 12, 2006, "Screamers" will be hitting
theaters in markets such as: New York City, Detroit, Washington D.C.,
San Francisco, Fresno and Boston.
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