It just happened in a small country of 3 million people, in an area influenced by overt corruption, and this can happen anywhere.” “In times like this, where so many of us feel unable to make real change where we live, it’s a film that actually gives hope,” Tankian told me by phone. theatrical release is delayed at least until September 2020. The film premiered at the Toronto Film Festival last year, but its L.A. The protest movement, known by most as the "Velvet Revolution," is the subject of a new documentary film called “I Am Not Alone,” executive-produced and scored by Tankian. Serj Tankian stands beside protest leader Nikol Pashinyan, who became Armenia’s Prime Minister after the 2018 Velvet Revolution. We’re not talking about garden-variety celebrity advocacy in 2018, the long-goateed vocalist behind headbanger anthems like “Aerials” and “B.Y.O.B” was a major player in a popular uprising that removed Armenia’s Prime Minister from power.
The Armenian American rock star is a household name in his ancestral homeland, for his music and for his political activism there.
Heavy metal band System Of A Down hasn’t released an album in 15 years, but frontman Serj Tankian’s popularity in Armenia is higher than ever.
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