Director and producer Andrew Goldberg shares his experience telling stories about Armenia on PBS + Film

style.news.am : “Armenia, My Last Home” is a PBS documentary by Emmy Award-winning producer Andrew Goldberg that looks back on the resurgent Armenia today.

Goldberg’s “Armenia, My Home” marks the revival of the Armenian diaspora. It’s about people who grew up in the US or Canada and could never find the country of Armenia on the globe or map of their childhood. It is a celebration that commemorates the 3000-year history of the world’s first Christian nation surrounded by Iran, Turkey and Russia. Where East and West blend seamlessly into a culture that has fought and conquered the forces of war and time.
Emmy Award-winning director and producer Andrew Goldberg shares his experience telling stories about Armenia on PBS.
One of the highlights of this informative documentary is the breathtaking cinematography that reveals the enviable progress of this small nation. “One day my father brought a butter and like any Armenian, the first thing you do is look for Armenia… it wasn’t there. Wahe Berberian, the author of “Memories of the Dead”, says, recalling the episode of his childhood: I was so disappointed that I cried.
In the film “Armenia, My Home” prominent members of the Armenian diaspora, including actor Eric Boghossian, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Chris Bojalian, author Peter Balakian (“Black Dog Fortune”), journalist Araxia Karapetyan (Good Day Los Angeles), author Don Anahid McCain (“Centennial Walk”), Conan O’Brien’s assistant, Sona Movassian, Bishop Masroop Parsamian, leader of the Eastern Diocese of New York, as well as world-renowned artist Mikael Aram, comedian Vahe Berberian, and scholars Ron Soni and Salpi Kazarian are in attendance.
That said, Goldberg’s documentary is filled with prominent Armenians from all walks of life and is a wonderfully cinematic exploration of the rich breadth of Armenia’s cultural heritage, with anecdotal stories that are deeply moving and sometimes humorous, like Eric Boghossian’s stories about his grandfather. It was believed that there were “secret Armenians” everywhere, and the actor Cary Grant was one of them.
The film offers stunning aerial and land views as well as cultural explorations of Armenia and its most famous landmark, Mount Ararat, which is located on the Turkish border today.