The documentary The Hidden Map brings to life the remarkable journey of an Armenian-American granddaughter of Armenian genocide survivors and a Scottish explorer as they trek through the forbidden Armenian homeland in today’s eastern Turkey, uncovering buried truths, sacred relics, and silenced voices.

The Hidden Map has aired nationally on PBS more than 2000 times since its debut in 2022 and has earned more than a dozen international awards and honors at festivals and special screenings, most notably in the UK Parliament. It was considered for three Primetime Emmys. A broadcast journalist, as well as a filmmaker, Ani Hovannisian Kevorkian has traveled the world, from operating rooms in Siberia to green rooms at the Grammys, producing non-fiction stories for network television and other media. She is a member of the Directors Guild of America, Television Academy and International Documentary Association. She serves on the Board of Directors of the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research. Ani earned a BA in Mass Communications from UCLA and an MA in Broadcast Journalism from USC.

Her work is inspired by her grandparents, who survived the Armenian Genocide, and by her parents, Professor Richard and Dr. Vartiter Hovannisian. A Presidential Fellow for many years at Chapman University, the late Richard Hovannisian founded the field of Armenian Studies in the United States and held the inaugural Chair in Armenian History at UCLA. He was a beloved teacher and mentor, a pioneering historian and a master storyteller.