Carla Garapedian’s “Screamers” is hardly just a film about a band called System of a Down performing for a rabid audience. It’s more intent on provoking thought and outrage from its audience, and it does so by using its medium as a way to explore the issue of Genocide and its continuous use in the 21^st Century. “Screamers” is instead a movie for fans of the band—who happen to be Armenian--that takes a peek into the band’s minds and views revealing the history of their family attempting to survive the Armenian Genocide of 1915. “Screamers” will come as a shock to those who think they’ve known about genocide, as we discover the brutal act of mass murder continues to this day.

It also explore the value of every human life, and how the Armenians were unjustly deemed as liars and relegated to an irrelevant section of history much like the Native Americans. The band members admirably have opinions that are both insightful and heartfelt and this isn’t merely just a band spouting scripted one-liners to seem intelligent for the sake of longevity in the public. This is a group of people with a humongous fan base who are giving something back and honoring their family by exploring how little we’ve brought attention to the sheer horror of genocide. Garapedian’s documentary is fascinating, brilliant, and too shocking to turn away from. With tight resolve, and sporadic performances of the bands greatest hits, the message they try to convey comes through loud and clear.

Garapedian's "Screamers" is a surprisingly subversive, and thought provoking indictment of the systematic process to render genocide practices irrelevant and the governments attempts to ignore it. With a popular band, and engrossing interviews, "Screamers" will shock many. Music can change the world, and System of the Down is on the mission.

• For more information on "Screamers," visit the official website: http://www.screamersmovie.com/, and its Myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/screamersmovie
• Heretofore ignorant, a lot of their fans in their teens and twenties have learned about genocide directly through the band's music and statements.

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