Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown – Armenia

Synopsis: Bourdain travels to Armenia, a nation that “remains a dream, a subject of stories,” a place that has been engaged in a “long existential struggle for survival” for decades. Alongside System of a Down’s Serj Tankian, he reflects on the massive Armenian diaspora and its deeply entrenched nationalism and feelings of unity. Bourdain visits the highly contested Nagorno-Karabakh region, known to Armenians as the Republic of Artsakh, to make sense of Armenia’s tense, incredibly complex diplomatic relations with its neighbors.