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Production resumes October 2020
After multiple cancelled shoots to meet up with The Armenian Bikers in Los Angeles, October will have a 3 day charity event for the Armenians of Artsakh in Fresno, California. I’ve been invited along for this journey of history, architecture, food and friends.
In-person interviews will commence for the first time in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic has halted travel and close contact this year.
The premiere of the first trailer for 2020 for the documentary.
Edited in Avid Media Composer with some VFX cleanup work done in Autodesk Flame
Special Thanks to Gregory Drossel http://www.gregdrossel.com for creating some artwork and to Billy Gabor at Deluxe Entertainment in Atlanta for the use of the Method Studios Flame suite.
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LA Trip postponed
Today was supposed to be a fun day shooting The Armenian Spread in Los Angeles with Armenian Bikers. Something like 4 Armenian owned farms clumped togeher north of the city and a bunch of brand new friends I would meet, riding around in Jeeps cooking Armenian meats. Instead I’m stuck at home like everyone else and I cancelled the trip.
But I was inspired today, so the film made some progress… trying to tell the tale of who are the Armenians, how have the people changed since those early days “fresh off the boat.”
So I thought of a segment to shoot in the fall, capturing my memories of the 1970s and 1980s as those first generation immigrants were reaching the end of their lives.
Pistachio Tavloo 10 is the name of the segment and to record it properly I will need 4 chain smoking hand rolling backgammon playing pistachio eating gentlemen that can answer 10 questions about Armenian culture. -DB
Met with descendants of Vartouhie Gedikian, she was a sister of my great grandfather Yeghise . Cousins separated from Michigan we had never met before
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Lahmajoons in Buffalo
My wife taught my Buffalo cousins how to make Lahmajoon, the Armenian meat pizza pie . In 1922 when Onnig Gadikian died his son Garabed was only 1 year old , so never learned about his fathers culture directly.
In the next 12 months my family will be sharing recipes with them and teaching them our favorite Armenian foods .
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met some Boston Cousins
In Boston shooting interviews with cousins Linda and Vazken, as well as my new friend George
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Detroit interviews 2019
Shooting interviews today in Michigan with cousin Diran Yazejian , my aunt Doris Krikorian and my father Ray Boujoulian
Having some Armenian string cheese with Mark Sherinian. He’s the last interview for July 2019. Production will continue in Detroit later this year. — in Des Moines, Iowa.
Interviewing Jet and Alexis, part of the Sherinian clan in Minneapolis today.
The Armenian Spread documentary is covering the descendants of Hess Sherinian and wife Rose (Aprahamian/ Mooradian )