Film Screening of
AGHET – Ein Völkermord – Genocide
at the Central Library
 
Glendale, CA – Glendale Public Library to screen the documentary film Aghet – Ein Völkermord on Sunday, March 27, 2011, at 4 p.m., in the Glendale Central Library Auditorium, 222 East Harvard Street, Glendale. Admission is free and the seating is limited. Library visitors receive 3 hours FREE parking across the street at The Market Place parking structure with validation at the loan desk.
 
Aghet is a powerful documentary, depicting the annihilation of 1.5 million Armenians from 1915-1923 and the effects of the Turkish government’s international campaign of genocide denial. The film highlights the Turkish authorities’ current policy of those crimes.
 
Award-winning director Eric Friedler assembles an impeccable cast, who bring to life the original text of German and U.S. diplomatic dispatches and eyewitness accounts, interspersed with never-before-seen footage of the Genocide and its political aftermath. The 2010 film, applauded by Nobel Prize laureate Gunter Grass, has sparked debate throughout Europe. The 90-minute is now being showcased around the world on television, and in major film festivals.
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CONTACT: Elizabeth Grigorian (818) 548-3288, [email protected]