Aram (John Roohinian), left, with his grandfather (Levon Sharafyan), a shoemaker in Los Angeles.
The CineCulture Series and the Armenian Studies Program at California State University, Fresno, are sponsoring a special screening of “Aram, Aram” at 5:30PM on Friday, August 28, in the Leon and Pete Peters Educational Auditorium (next to the SaveMart Center), on the Fresno State campus.
The event is the first in the Fall Lecture series of the Armenian Studies Program and is supported by the Leon S. Peters Foundation.
“Aram, Aram” is the first American independent drama to take viewers inside the Armenian Community of Los Angeles. Suddenly uprooted from his home in Beirut, a 12 year-old Armenian boy, Aram, is sent to live with his grandfather in America where he struggles to navigate the clash between old-world values and new-school Armenian identity in Little Armenia.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, “First-time writer-director Christopher Chambers has crafted a potent, lovingly detailed evocation of an unfamiliar California subculture. Given the novelty of the setting and the recent reminders of the Armenian genocide, the film deserves to be seen… It packs an emotional punch.”
Christopher Chambers is a graduate of Wesleyan University and the American Film Institute.
Admission is free and the event is open to the public. Free parking is available at any of the adjacent Fresno State parking lots (near the corner of Shaw and Woodrow Avenues).
For more information about the presentation please contact the Armenian Studies Program at (559) 278-2669, or visit our website at www.fresnostate.edu/armenianstudies.
Source: Asbarez
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