HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIF. (February 1, 2007) – Emmy Award-winning producer Andrew Goldberg will appear live in the studios of KOCE-TV, Orange County’s PBS station, for a special broadcast of his award-winning documentary, The Armenian Genocide, on Thursday March 29 at 8:00 p.m. Since the film first aired, this will be Goldberg’s first television appearance in the Los Angeles and Southern California area – home to the largest Armenian community in the U.S. The Armenian Genocide is the unprecedented, powerful and complete story of the first genocide of the 20th century when over a million Armenians were killed at the hands of the Ottoman Turks.

The film received extraordinary reviews and coverage in almost every major newspaper in the U.S., including the Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe and countless other publications. Alessandra Stanley, the chief television critic of The New York Times, described the film as “powerful” adding that it “…honors the victims of the Genocide.” The NJ Star Ledger called the film “serious, literate and ultimately heartbreaking.” The film has sold internationally to major networks in Canada, Australia, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece and Finland, as well as many other countries. Narrated by Julianna Margulies, The Armenian Genocide features additional narrations from Ed Harris, Natalie Portman, Orlando Bloom, Laura Linney, Paul Rudd and Jared Leto to name a few.

“KOCE is proud to be the only station in the Southland, including Los Angeles, to air The Armenian Genocide,” said Mel Rogers, president and general manager of KOCE-TV. “This film and its topic represent part of the mission of public television to stimulate responsible discussion and illuminate complex issues. Since most Americans do not fully understand the issue in all its complexity, we are committed to offering the program which we sincerely hope will help viewers better understand this chapter in world history.”

Featuring interviews with leading experts in the field, such as Pulitzer Prize-winning author Samantha Power, and New York Times best-selling author, Peter Balakian, this film features never-before-seen historical footage of the events and key players of one of the greatest untold stories of the 20th century.

Filmed in the U.S., France, Germany, Belgium, Turkey and Syria, the program features discussions with Kurdish and Turkish citizens in modern-day Turkey who speak openly about the stories told to them by their parents and grandparents. “As Turkey seeks to join the European Union 90 years later, this film can give people a much better understanding of why this issue is such an important and current part of the international conversation about Turkey's role in the world today,” said Goldberg.

Emmy-award winning producer Andrew Goldberg’s television credits include PBS, ABC News, E!, CNN, and countless others. In addition to writing, directing and producing The Armenian Genocide, Goldberg’s recent documentaries include Anti-Semitism in the 21st Century: The Resurgence, A Yiddish World Remembered, and The Armenians, A Story of Survival. He has also written and produced commercials for such companies as Bell South, Sephora/Louis Vuitton, AT&T and PetSmart. He is currently working on a two-hour film for PBS called Jerusalem: Center of the World.
Major underwriters include John and Judy Bedrosian, The Lincy Foundation, The Avanessians Family Foundation and The Manoogian-Simone Foundation.

About KOCE-TV
KOCE-TV, one of the most watched PBS stations in America, has an estimated 4.5 million viewers* each month, and offers a mix of both local and national programs. In addition, KOCE Classroom serves more than half-a-million K-14 students. The winner of hundreds of awards including Emmys and Community Service Awards, KOCE continues to be a leading resource for education, culture and local issues in Southern California. For more information, please visit www.koce.org.

* This figure was calculated by KOCE's program consultant and is based upon information obtained via PubTV Online.