Unconditioning: Discovering the Voice Within

Episode Four: Amplifying the Authentic Armenian Voice with Sona and Inga Stamboltsyan

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Sona Stamboltsyan is an Armenian-American filmmaker and her sister Inga Stamboltsyan is an Armenian-American actress and educator based in Los Angeles. This is an in-depth conversation of their experience of being Armenian-American, with personal insight into what is really happening in Armenia right now, in which the mainstream media is not accurately reporting or portraying. 

 

In this episode we discuss: 

 

  • Sona and Inga’s family allowing them and not allowing them to explore their artistry
  • Sona’s discovery of her film passion
  • Sona and Inga’s journey from Armenia to America and their Armenian-American experience
  • The Armenian Diaspora
  • What is really happening in Armenia right now
  • What the mainstream media and news is not reporting about the ceasefire
  • Those who try to share what is really happening on Social Media are targeted by organized bots and harassment
  • What Americans can do to help, contacting news and Amnesty International hold companies and news sources accountable.
  • Where are tax dollars and money going?
  • Information warfare
  • Sona and Inga’s struggle with grasping that their entire culture is under threat of being wiped out.
  • The Armenia Diaspora larger than the actual population in Armenia
  • Sona’s experience connection to the physical soil in the indigenous regions of Armenia.
  • Nationless threat
  • What it means to be Armenian
  • Working on 10E and in the Armenian theatre and film market
  • The Immigrants TV Series
  • Cultural Appropriation- Lady Gaga’s 911 Music Video
  • What Inga and Sona want to say to the world 
  • How to Research independent News Sources
  • The Armenian Goodbye 

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    News Source: www.Civilnet.com

    Reddit Mega Thread— Armenia - https://www.reddit.com/r/armenia/

    Documentarian YouTube Vagabondings - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHbUyPXS1sVQtKjDv9fMjdg

     

     

     

     

     

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    Unconditioning: Discovering the Voice WithinBy Whitney Ann Jenkins
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