Attend AGHET: A GENOCIDE this Wednesday

Dear Friends,

We are proud to announce that the San Francisco Public Library will be presenting a free screening of Aghet: A Genocide on the occasion of the anniversary of Armenian Genocide.

Aghet: A Genocide
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Doors open 5:30 pm, screening 6:00 pm sharp
San Francisco Public Library, Main Branch
100 Larkin Street, Koret Auditorium (Lower Level), San Francisco

Aghet: A Genocide is a powerful documentary which debuted on German public television (NDR) in April 2010, depicting the annihilation of 1.5 million Armenians from 1915-1923 and the effects of the Turkish Government's international campaign of genocide denial on international policy. Award-winning director Eric Friedler assembles an impeccable cast, who bring to life the original texts of German and U.S. diplomatic dispatches and eyewitness accounts, interspersed with never-before-seen footage of the Genocide and its political aftermath.

The 90-minute film features prominent German actors depicting the roles of the non-Armenian witnesses of the Genocide (e.g. diplomats, medical and military personnel) reciting memoirs of the events in Anatolia during 1915-1916. The film, applauded by Nobel Prize laureate Gunter Grass, has sparked debate throughout Europe. It is now being showcased around the world on television, and in major film festivals. This will be the film’s San Francisco debut screening and will be in English.

We hope that you will be able to attend and invite your family and friends to this free screening. Please share this email with those you believe will be interested.

This event is cosponsored by the Bay Area Armenian National Committee.

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Armenian National Committee
San Francisco - Bay Area
51 Commonwealth Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94118
Tel: 415-387-3433
Fax: 415-751-0617
mail@ancsf.org
www.ancsf.org