Documentary on Karabakh honored with Golden Mike Award

PanARMENIAN.Net - The Radio and Television News Association of Southern California honored the documentary "Nagorno Karabakh/Artsakh: The Struggle for Freedom" with Golden Mike Award.



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 former Permanent Representative of the NKR to the U.S., currently NKR Deputy Foreign Minister Vardan Barseghian. Most of the video material for the film was provided by an Artsakh 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, during an event titled "NKR/Artsakh: 20 Years of Freedom, Democracy, and Progress."



The event was attended by Members of U.S. Congress, diplomats, prominent human rights activists, experts and community representatives, the NKR MFA press office reported.