Serj Tankian of System Of A Down performs at the Sonic Temple Art and Music Festival at Mapfre Stadium on May 17, 2019 in Columbus, Ohio.was the first runner-up of The Grolsch People’s Choice Documentary Award after it had its world premiere during the Toronto International Film Festival .
leader of a small political opposition group who started the march and other clever protests against the Republican government, is now the prime minister. Tankian also composed the score, which he says is “actually louder in terms of the volume than any documentary I've ever scored. Garin wanted it to help with the pace of the film and I think it does its job well in that sense.”
Tankian, who lives in LA, was born in Lebanon. His family moved to the U.S. when he was seven years old, but his grandparents all fled the Armenian Genocide and he felt “this mystical connection” to the country, he says. He first went there in 2001. “I thought, ‘My friend Garin would be great at doing this music film with me and going to Armenia would be great because this is such a unique situation to get a camera guy at the airport and cover some of this.’ He was there with a cameraman, did all that, and while he was there, he's like, ‘You know, I've shot the whole revolution?’ I'm like, ‘No, you're kidding me. I didn't know.