ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

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THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE MAKES WORLD TELEVISION PREMIERE ON TVO'S HUMAN EDGE

Canada NewsWire

http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive...6/10/c3331.html

April 10, 2006 Monday 8:00 AM Eastern Time

TORONTO April 10

On Wednesday April 12 at 10 pm, TVO's acclaimed Human Edge will present

the world premiere of The Armenian Genocide. Written, produced,

and directed by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Andrew Goldberg, this

fascinating point-of-view documentary explores what many believe to be

the first genocide of the 20th century. Between 1915 and 1923 over a

million Armenians perished under the rule of the Ottoman Empire. In the

hour-long film, Goldberg speaks with Armenian, Turkish, and American

scholars and historians to shed light on the historical events that

precipitated the genocide, and why the Turkish government of today

continues to deny such events ever occurred. The film also features

Kurdish and Turkish citizens in present-day Turkey who openly share

stories told to them by their parents and grandparents.

To facilitate further understanding of this hotly-debated subject,

the documentary will be preceded at 8 pm on the night of broadcast by a

panel discussion on TVO's Studio 2. The current affairs show's regular

international affairs panel of Janice Stein, director of the Munk

Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto; Globe and Mail

editor, Patrick Martin; and Toronto Star columnist Richard Gwyn will

help to place the Armenian genocide into context. Viewers will also be

able to follow the Studio 2 discussion online at www.tvo.org/humanedge.

As of April 7, viewers will also be able to register in our online

discussion board atwww.tvo.org/humanedgeto express their views,

as well as access links to other relevant websites.

Now in its 17th successful season, Human Edge is TVO's acclaimed

series of challenging, provocative, point-of-view documentaries from

around the world. Hosted by award-winning writer and broadcaster Ian

Brown, Human Edge provides viewers with windows into complex or touchy

subjects that make up the human experience to expand their horizons

and foster healthy debate. Executive producer is Rudy Buttignol.