Carla Garapedian

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Carla Garapedian

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Origin	Armenia

Carla Garapedian is an Armenian-American and documentary director "Children of the Secret State" was the anchor of the famous BBC World News, After leaving BBC News she worked on major stories such as "Beneath the Veil", an Emmy award-winning film about women in Afghanistan. Carla Garapedian now is working on a new movie with System of a Down about genocides occurring world-wide such as the forgotten Armenian genocide.

[edit] Lifting the Veil

Lifting the Veil is a 50-minute documentary that was partially funded by Channel Four in the UK. The filmmaker traveled to Afghanistan to investigate the public murder of Zarmina, an Islamic mother of seven. Her abusive husband was going to tell the Taliban that she had committed adultery, a crime punishable by death. She killed him in self defense and was sent to prison. Her seven children, all under the age of 15, were persuaded by the Taliban to name their mother as guilty. Garapedian searched out the children, who provide commentary. Lifting the Veil was originally broadcast on British television in 2002. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide

[edit] Screamers

Screamers was release in early 2007 in select theatres and there is a DVD release scheduled for October 2007. This joint production with System of a Down depicts Genocides through the 20th/21st centuries, although with a main focus on the Armenian Genocide of 1915. Also mentioned are the Jewish Holocaust, The Rwandan Genocide, The on going Genocide in the Darfur region. The movie consists of a tour with SOAD and with cutscenes of Genocides.