Screamers Documentary

Documentary feature examining why genocides keep occurring -- from the Armenian genocide in 1915, to the Holocaust, Bosnia, Rwanda and now Darfur -- through the eyes and music of the Grammy award-winning rock band �System of a Down,� based in Los Angeles, whose members are all grandchildren of genocide survivors. As the band tours the world and touches on the locations and stories of genocide in the last century, the film follows the personal story of the lead singer�s grandfather, a 96-year old survivor of the Armenian genocide, one of the few remaining survivors from his village in Turkey. With the arguments of Harvard Professor Samantha Power, the personal stories of survivors from Armenia, Rwanda and Darfur, policy critics and whistleblowers � the �screamers� � the film targets the problem of genocide denial, with specific reference to the Turkish government�s current campaign to stop its citizens from discussing the genocide. When the band arrives back in the United States, they confront the hypocrisy of U.S. foreign policy in the debate on genocide recognition, with Speaker of the House, Dennis Hastert, actively blocking a vote in Congress. Through the band�s efforts to get Dennis to �Do the Right Thing� and Power�s thesis that America�s interest has always been to stay neutral, no matter how wide-scale the carnage, the film shows how successive Presidents and corporate interests have conspired to turn a blind eye to genocides as they are happening � whether it be Iraqi Kurds in the 80s, Rwanda in the 90s or Darfur today. After the Holocaust, we may say �never again� -- but we don�t mean it.

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News & Politics

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• armenian
• genocide
• greeks
• kurds
• massacred
• soad
• system
• down

[CilicianAri]

German officer to Talat Pasha

"If you take the Armenians to the desert, believe me they will turn it Green"

we are a smart and intelligent people, YOU TURKS ARE JEALOUS OF THIS, you cant handle it as HUMANS WE ARE MORE SUPERIOR THAN YOU, ethnocenterism does exist, and its true, only problem Armenians had, is we dont get along with one another, and we dont populate like turkish rats.

[bonjourtous]

It's awful what Turks did to the Armenians in 1915. Worse than committing a crime is covering it. Why would EU wants such a nation join the union!

[SOADfreakable]

SYSTEM CAN KILL ALL BAD PEOPLE ON THE EARTH ONLY WITH THERE MUSIC

[Bessobess]

"Only the Turks are held responsible for the murder of eight hundred thousand of their citizens."  * Mustafa Kemal Ataturk *

[RawHidePictures]

Hitlor before commiting the holocaust quoted "who now, remebers the armenians"?

[DMGIT]

Lord Robert Cecil

Under-secretary of state for foreign affairs (House of Commons, Hansard (5th series), Vol. LXXV, 16 November 1915, Cols. 1770-1776.)

I think it may be said, without the least fear of exaggeration, that no more horrible crime has been committed in the history of the world... This is a premeditative crime determined on long ago... It was a long-considered, deliberate policy to destroy and wipe out of existence the Armenians in Turkey. It was systematically carried out.

[DMGIT]

George Bush Sr.

April 20, 1990, speech in Orlando, Florida

[We join] Armenians around the world [as we remember] the terrible massacres suffered in 1915--1923 at the hands of the rulers of the Ottoman Empire. The United States responded to this crime against humanity by leading diplomatic and private relief efforts.

[LeenaY88]

why is it soo hard to admit that tehy did the genocide, they did cuz how did muslims froced their relegion on people soo its a genocide. my grandparenets lived through it and its not a lie

[hazzlehoff]

Good job Turks, making fools out of yourselves ^^.

[undertheacrylic]

By denying its past, Turkey is denying its citizens a future. Look at them; they live in fear and ignorance. A free, happy people don't need to cower behind Article 301.