BLOODLESS: THE PATH TO DEMOCRACY
USA, 2020, 89 min
Director: Bared Maronian
Producers: Silva Basmajian, Bared Maronian, Seda Grigoryan
Editor: Bared Maronian
Cinematographer: Bardig Kouyoumdjian
One beautiful spring morning, while resting in his hotel room in Yerevan, Armenia, Bared Maronian heard a commotion coming from outside. He opened the window and saw thousands of young men and women chanting while marching. He immediately grabbed his camera, ran down to the street and followed the march. He was documenting the blueprint of a non-violent, peaceful revolution that brought down a thirty-year-old established oligarchic regime. The revolution lasted one month, one week and one day. Not a single bullet was fired. Deemed short of a miracle, Bloodless is a riveting political thriller, capturing the story as events unfolded in the spring of 2018 in Armenia.
Bared Maronian is a four time Regional Emmy Award winning Lebanese-born American Armenian documentary filmmaker. Maronian has a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the Haigazian University and is a graduate of the Broadcast Career Institute of Palm Beach, Florida.
UP CLOSE Intro by Director Bared Maronian