Join us for a screening of “DAUGHTER OF THE CRYING MAN,” a stunning documentary + visual podcast from the producers of Country of Dust podcast.
A VHS tape in a Toronto basement sends Nyree Abrahamian (@nyree_abrahamian) and her family on a journey to find their long-lost relatives, in the last Armenian village still surviving in Turkey.
Country of Dust (@countryofdust) is an award-winning narrative podcast about Armenia today – telling vibrant, sound-rich and deeply personal stories about a country in flux, and the people living through it all.
The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Nyree and producer/sound designer Jeremy Dalmas (@jeremydalmas), moderated by Dr. Shushan Karapetian (@drkarapetian), Director of the USC Dornsife Institute of Armenian Studies (@uscarmenianstudies).
Biographies:
Nyree Abrahamian is a Canadian-Armenian poet and creative producer. She is creator and producer of Country of Dust, an award-winning narrative podcast, and co-founded the Tumanyan International Storytelling Festival. Her poems are published in Mizna, Poetry Northwest and Protean Magazine, among others. She lives in Yerevan.
Jeremy Dalmas is an audio producer who spent five years reporting with NPR-affiliate KALW in San Francisco and has worked with The Guardian, CBS, Wired, Vox and many other outlets. Jeremy is based in Oakland, CA and Yerevan, Armenia.
Shushan Karapetian, Ph.D. is Director of the USC Dornsife Institute of Armenian Studies, a leading center focused on the contemporary Armenian diaspora and the Republic of Armenia. Her recent projects explore Armenian identity in Los Angeles through vernacular practices such as personalized license plates, the role of heritage language in wartime diasporic mobilization, and the interrelationship of language, gender, and socialization. She is also the creator and host of Language Therapy with Dr. K.
