U.S. Congressman Adam Schiff will host the Capitol Hill premier “Aghet: A Genocide” documentary by German filmmaker Eric Friedler, documenting Armenian Genocide from 1915 to 1923, reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).

“I am honored to host the screening of “Aghet” in order to help educate my colleagues and their staffs about the first Genocide of the twentieth century. In the fight for recognition, we are armed only with the truth; but in the end, the truth will be victorious,” said Schiff.

A pre-screening reception and the actual screening will be followed by a panel discussion, sponsored by ANCA, featuring Aghet Director Eric Friedler, former U.S. Ambassador to Armenia, John Evans, SCREAMERS Director Carla Garapedian, and Vartkes Yeghiayan, Director of the Center for Armenian Remembrance.  The discussion will be moderated by ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian, ANCA reports.

“The Capitol Hill premiere of “Aghet” and the panel discussion on this powerful film will provide an opportunity to explore the contemporary consequences of both Turkey’s campaign to cover up the Armenian Genocide, and also the complicity of other nations - the United States, sadly, included - in the denial of this crime,” said Aram Hamparian.