PBS to air Armenian documentary on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

Public Television stations across the US will air an award-winning documentary about the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict on Sunday October 24, reports Asbarez.com.

“A Story of People in War and Peace,” directed by Vardan Hovhannisyan, is a powerful and passionate portrayal of life in the trenches for Armenian soldiers and medics struggling to defend their homeland as the Soviet Union collapses.

The film has already screened on BBC, ARTE and other international channels, and has won over 20 awards including the FIPRESCI (International Federation of Film Critics) prize.

The screening will come a week after public television aired another Armenian documentary on Sunday October 17–”The Last Tightrope Dancer in Armenia.”

The film is the acclaimed work of two young filmmakers–Inna Sahakyan and Arman Yeritsyan. It is a warm, thoughtful, beautifully-shot story about the dying art of tightrope dancers, and the continuing competition and camaraderie between two old masters, and the hopes they place on one young artist.

Both Sahakyan and Yeritsyan have produced several documentaries over the last decade. Sahakyan has directed more than 10 social documentaries for Armenian television and worked as assistant director on “A Story of People in War and Peace.”

Yeritsyan has directed a number of award-winning documentaries including,”Under the Open Sky” and “Goodbye Fellini.”