'' Screamers '' was a documentary feature film released in December 2006 . This film features the band System of a Down and depicts genocides of the past century , with a focus on the Armenian Genocide of 1915-1923 . Also mentioned are the Jewish Holocaust , the Bosnian Genocide , the Rwandan Genocide , and the genocide of the Darfur region . The movie examines the problem of why genocides repeat , with contributions from Pulitzer prize-winning author Professor Samantha Power ( A Problem from Hell : America and the Age of Genocide ) , currently the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations . The film consists of a tour with System of a Down interspersed with various scenes of genocides in the twentieth century . The film premiered at the AFI Film festival in November 2006 , where it shared the Audience Award for Best Documentary . After the film 's release , one of the contributors in the film , Hrant Dink , an editor for Agos Newspaper , was murdered in Istanbul , Turkey . In addition to its theatrical release in the United States , '' Screamers '' has been translated into 13 languages and shown in political venues like the U.S. Congress , British Parliament , European Parliament , Canadian Parliament and United Nations ( UNHCR ) . The film was officially selected for festivals around the world , including the Warsaw International Film Festival , Hamburg International Film Festival , São Paulo Mostra International Film Festival , Reykavik Film Festival , Montreal Human Rights festival , Amnesty International Film Festival in Vancouver , Flanders International Film Festival , MOFFAM festival in Prague , Encounters festival in Johannesburg and Cape Town , and the Golden Apricot International Film Festival in Yerevan . On April 24 , 2007 , when '' Screamers '' was screened in the British Parliament , the Chairman of the Genocide Prevention Committee , John Bercow MP ( current Speaker of the House ) , made the following statement : " Timed to coincide with the 92nd anniversary of the horrific Armenian genocide , this harrowing film is the most powerful reminder that the evil of genocide is sadly not a thing of the past but has remained a recurrent feature in our world to the present day , from Armenia to the Holocaust , from Srebreniça to Rwanda , and now to Darfur . Bestial slaughter of whole peoples continues to blight humanity , shaming and diminishing us all . By pitching the film to young people who often will know nothing of earlier horrors , Carla is encouraging a new generation to treat the business of murder as their business to stop , through campaigning , protest and pressure . " In 2015 , '' Screamers '' screened in Berlin , Minsk , and Moscow for the 100th commemoration of the Armenian Genocide . It was also shown in Turkey for the first time , sponsored by the Documentarist film festival , which features banned and censored films
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Carla Garapedian