FILM ABOUT ARTSAKH RECEIVED A PRESTIGIOUS AWARD
[ 2009/03/13 | 12:53 ]The Radio and Television News Association of Southern California (www.rtna.org) honored the documentary “Nagorno Karabakh, Artsakh: The Struggle for Freedom” with Golden Mike Awards.
The film’s co-producer and co-writer, Peter Musurlian, accepted the award at a ceremony at the Universal Hilton Hotel. The other co-producer and co-writer of the film is the former Permanent Representative of the NKR to the USA, currently NKR Deputy Foreign Minister, Vardan Barseghian. Most of the video material for the film was provided by an Artsakhian journalist, head of the Tsir Katin (Milky Way) Studio Narine Aghabalian.
In September 2008, the film was screened in Washington, D.C., on Capitol Hill, at an event titled: “NKR/Artsakh: 20 Years of Freedom, Democracy, and Progress”. The event was attended by Members of the U.S. Congress, diplomats, prominent human rights activists, experts, and community representatives.
Established by the Association 59 years ago, the Golden Mike Award is one of the most-coveted by Radio and Television journalists. Among this year’s award recipients is CNN’s well-known journalist Larry King.
The video with the ceremonial awarding can be watched at:
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxyZ6LpSzvo&feature=channel_page>
The film titled “Nagorno Karabakh, Artsakh: The Struggle for Freedom” can be watched at:
www.youtube.com/user/ArtsakhOnline <http://www.youtube.com/user/ArtsakhOnline>
