State of Denial – October 8-25, Segal Centre Studio LiveEvents October 5, 2015 5055 State of Denial By Rahul Varma Directed by Liz Valdez Featuring: Susain Bain, Victoria Barkoff, Liana Bdewi, Jimmy Blais, Michaela Di Cesare, Eric Hausknost, Saro Saroyan, Warona Setshwaelo When the need to remember confronts the struggle to forget, explosive secrets are revealed… Set in contemporary Canada and Turkey of 1915, State of Denial links the Armenian genocide of 1915 with the 1994-95 genocide in Rwanda. When Odette, a Rwandan-born Canadian filmmaker, travels to Turkey to investigate stories of genocide and hidden identity, she interviews Sahana, an elderly and respected Muslim woman who has devoted her life to assisting Armenian survivors. On her deathbed, Sahana confesses a chilling secret that challenges a long-standing state of denial that Odette promises to make public at any cost. A Teesri Duniya Theatre Production Segal Centre Studio 5170 chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine, Montreal, H3W 1M7 For tickets and information: www.segalcentre.org 514-739-7944
