Larry King: ‘Screamers’ is Brilliant!

"The Armenian Weekly", Volume 73, No. 6, February 10, 2007

WATERTOWN, Mass.—Larry King has declared the film “Screamers”—now playing in select cities nationwide in the U.S.—a must-see. “It’s a brilliant film,” said King. “Everyone should see it.” The film features the Grammy award-winning band System of a Down and exposes the denial of genocide in the last century, from the Armenian genocide, the Holocaust, Cambodia, Bosnia, Rwanda—right up to the genocide unfolding now in Darfur.

King’s statement follows the special screening at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, hosted by “Screamers” contributor Samantha Power, Pulitzer prize-winning author of A Problem from Hell, America and the Age of Genocide. The School’s Starr auditorium was packed by students, System of a Down fans and journalists. Henry Morgenthau III, grandson of the U.S. Ambassador Henry Morgenthau who was a “screamer” during the Armenian Genocide, also attended the event and addressed the public (see our report on page 5).

The film opened in Boston and Chicago on Feb. 9, following the New York and Washington openings on Jan. 26, and is supported by Save Darfur and Jewish WorldWatch.

“With a genocide going on now in Darfur, it’s vital that we send a message now to our politicians that we must do everything we can to stop genocide now,” said “Screamers” director Carla Garapedian.