ANC Glendale and Burbank Partner with Asbarez Daily and Glendale Public Library for Film Screening & Q/A with Director Suzanne Khardalian Grandma's Tatoos
November 28, 2011

The Glendale and Burbank Chapters of the Armenian National Committee in partnership with Asbarez Daily Newspaper will hosting a screening of Suzanne Khardalian's film, Grandma's Tatoos, followed by a discussion and Q/A session with the Director. Sponsored by the Glendale Public Library, the film screening will take place on Friday, December 2, 2011, 7:00PM at the Glendale Public Library Auditorium, 222 East Harvard Street, Glendale, CA. Admission is free and the seating is limited.

"Grandma was abducted and kept in slavery for many years somewhere in Turkey. She was also forcibly marked, -tattooed - as a property, the same way you mark cattle. The discovery of the story has shaken me. I share the shame, the guilt and anger that infected my grandma's life. Grandma Khanoum's fate was not an aberration. On the contrary tens of thousands of Armenian children and teenagers were raped and abducted, kept in slavery," explained Suzanne Khardalian.

"Grandma's Tatoos" is a film that lifts the veil of thousands of forgotten women - survivors of the Genocide - who were forced into prostitution and were tattooed to distinguish them from the locals.

Suzanne Khardalian is an independent filmmaker and writer. She studied journalism in Beirut and Paris and worked as a journalist in Paris until 1985 when she started to work on films. She also holds a Master's Degree in International Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School at Tuft's University and contributes articles to different journals. She has directed more than twenty films that have been shown boeth in Europe and the US.

Library visitors receive 3 hours Free parking across the street at The Market Place parking structure with validation at the loan desk. For additional information contact ANC Glendale at 818.243.3444 or Elizabeth Grigorian at the Glendale Public Library, 818.548.3288.

The Armenian National Committee-Glendale Chapter advocates for the social, economic, cultural, and political rights of the city’s Armenian-American community and promotes increased civic participation and awareness at the grassroots and public policy levels.

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