Rah, Rah, Rafael

We, as a community, have gotten pretty good at supporting published books that address our concerns as a means of getting the word out about our issues. Balakian’s, Berberian’s, Bohjalian’s, and Powers’ books are a few easy examples that come to mind.

But there are obviously other media that reach even more people than books. Here, we haven’t developed our support quite as much, largely because the opportunities have been scant. I’m referring to the movies, of course.

Now we’ve got a chance. On Sept. 21, “My Uncle Rafael” will be opening in New York, Toronto, Fresno, San Diego, Orange County, Encino, Burbank, Glendale, and other cities.

You probably heard about this movie a few months ago when it got some good publicity as it was being made. Now, we get to go see it.

If you’ll remember from when Atom Egoyan’s “Ararat” came out, what happens on the opening weekend makes a big difference in how long the film ultimately runs and how widely it is distributed. “My Uncle Rafael” is a comedy, but with Armenian-based characters. In this respect, it is very important to have our non-Armenian friends and neighbors see it. Why? This kind of exposure makes our community a better-integrated part of the social fabric of the places we live in. It creates a subconscious understanding of things Armenian, which makes life easier for all of us when interacting with everyone else because they aren’t confronting something/someone they don’t have a comfortable understanding of.

You can learn more about the movie by checking out these links: http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/independent/myunclerafael/

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1604589/

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118056321

http://asbarez.com/103811/my-uncle-rafael-set-for-theatrical-release-on-september-21/

http://www.myunclerafael.com/

So, make you plans accordingly. Get your friends together and go en masse to see “My Uncle Rafael” when it opens next week in a theatre near you!

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Garen Yegparian

Asbarez Columnist

Garen Yegparian is a fat, bald guy who has too much to say and do for his own good. So, you know he loves mouthing off weekly about anything he damn well pleases to write about that he can remotely tie in to things Armenian. He's got a checkered past: principal of an Armenian school, project manager on a housing development, ANC-WR Executive Director, AYF Field worker (again on the left coast), Operations Director for a telecom startup, and a City of LA employee most recently (in three different departments so far). Plus, he's got delusions of breaking into electoral politics, meanwhile participating in other aspects of it and making sure to stay in trouble. His is a weekly column that appears originally in Asbarez, but has been republished to the Armenian Weekly for many years.

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