Congressman Adam Schiff sent a letter to the President and CEO of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)  Paula Kerger calling to air the film “Aghet: A Genocide” on PBS stations nationwide, Asbarez reported.

 “This is the type of programming for which PBS was created. The network would be fulfilling a great educational and public service by showing this film and bringing the story of the Armenian Genocide to the American people; it is a film that every American should see,” Schiff noted in his letter sent on Wednesday.

“As the Representative of the 29th District of California, I have been proud to represent the largest Armenian-American community in the country.  While they and their families live with the wound of the Genocide every day, tens of millions of our fellow citizens have no knowledge of one of the greatest crimes of the 20th Century – the event which gave rise to the word ‘genocide’,” the letter reads.

In July Adam Schiff hosted the Capitol Hill premier of “Aghet”.

“Aghet: A Genocide” documentary by German filmmaker Eric Friedler is depicting Armenian Genocide from 1915 to 1923.