On the anniversary of the Canada-US border closing down due to the Covid19 Pandemic, I give an update in front of the Atlanta skyline
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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.
In 2019, I moved to Atlanta, but then I lost my job. So I made some calls and nobody was hiring until the fall, so I drove to Los Angeles to start shooting a documentary that has been in my head since the 1990s.
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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met some Boston Cousins
In Boston shooting interviews with cousins Linda and Vazken, as well as my new friend George
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A Tale of Survival
The beginning of production on this film would be a day in 1991. I videotaped My grandfather about The Great Depression, and kept the camera rolling asking more about his story.
This immigration document tells me he had $90 in his pocket after crossing the ocean.
The part that gets me is “no more relations left” where he came from.
A 15 year old boy, with his sister in tow. Survived a genocide , walked a desert, became an indentured servant, fed a passing stranger some bread that would mention his name many towns over giving thanks , somehow within earshot of family who asked “where did you see this boy ? We are looking for him.”
The Armenian Spread is a tale of my ancestors and cousins, how we spread over this world and found each other again , with food , love and laughter keeping the family together.