Stories of resilience
Documentary focuses on Armenian genocide and the 100 years since
As a filmmaker, Stephanie Ayanian never knows what to expect.
She can plan all she wants, yet it always takes a different course.
Take, for example, her film “What Will Become of Us.” When starting the project, she wanted to tell a history of the Armenian genocide, which began in 1915. During a short time, 1.5 million Armenians were killed or expelled by Ottoman Turks.
What she found along the way were stories of all kinds — though mostly of resilience.
“We wanted to have a broad geographic demonstration of stories,” she says. “We wanted there to be different age groups. They all have different stories. It was important to look at all the aspects of culture.”
Ayanian traveled to Armenia to document many of the stories, though most were conducted in the United States.
The film is getting a national PBS premiere on Thursday, Aug. 6.
To read more, see Page 8. It’s not often that an actor gets a huge gig right out of the gate. Brandon Gilpin is the exception. The Morehouse College student snagged a role on the Starz series “P-Valley.” To read more about Gilpin’s journey, see Page 11.
As health orders continue to keep people at home, museums continue to churn out new material for online learning.
The New Mexico History Museum not only started a “Quarantine Diaries” writing series, but there is a New Mexico map curriculum ready for download. To read more, see Page 3.
Studios are also adjusting to change and releasing movies to streaming services.
The first of the reviews is “The Rental” starring Dan Stevens. The second review is the Marie Curie story called “Radioactive,” from Amazon Pictures. The reviews are on Pages 4 and 6, respectively.
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