Serj Tankian is a profoundly international artist – born in Beirut of Armenian heritage, grew up in Los Angeles, now lives in New Zealand – and his fanbase, too, is all around the globe. So it’s completely appropriate that our fan-sourced release of Serj’s movie the Elect the Dead Symphony has gone international.
On March 16th, 2009, Serj Tankian, a Grammy Award winner and one of rock’s most unconventional frontmen, took the stage at the majestic Auckland Town Hall in New Zealand with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra to perform a very special orchestral interpretation of his critically acclaimed debut solo album Elect the Dead. The dynamic one-off performance was recorded and filmed in HD by six cameras, and the dramatic result has been captured in Elect the Dead Symphony.
Common sense says you can’t make a living in America playing avant-garde improvisational jazz. But Ken Vandermark does it anyway.
A ferocious film in two parts, depicting and severely criticizing the rise and reign of Alexander Lukashenko, dictator of Belarus.
“Indelible portraits of power’s absolute corruption…an astonishing diatribe…heaves with disturbing scenes of violence against innocent Belarussians…a primal howl of outrage.”
- Jeannette Catsoulis, NY TIMES
“It’s like an extended episode of COPS directed by Frederick Wiseman… and I mean that as a compliment on both counts.” – CHICAGO READER
