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Krikor and Clara Zohrab Information Center
Diocese of the Armenian Church of America (Eastern)
630 Second Avenue, New York, NY 10016
Contact: Aram Arkun
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December 4, 2006
Tribute to Filmmaker Andrew Goldberg Tuesday Dec. 12 NY with DA Morgenthau,
Peter Balakian
The Diocese of the Armenian Church of America (Eastern) is planning a
tribute evening in New York City on December 12 for filmmaker Andrew
Goldberg in order to honor his work on Armenian topics, especially
his recent PBS documentary on the Armenian Genocide.
Robert Morgenthau, District Attorney of the County of New York, and
Peter Balakian, New York Times bestselling author, are the keynote
speakers. His Eminence Archbishop Khajag Barsamian, Primate of the
Diocese, will preside over the program, in which Goldberg himself will
participate. A previously unseen film clip from Goldberg~Rs work will
be screened, and performer Hooshere will sing several songs.
Emmy Award winning producer/director Andrew Goldberg has made four
documentaries on the Armenians, which have reached millions of
American and international viewers. His most recent PBS documentary,
"The Armenian Genocide," broadcast on PBS nationwide, this April 17.
This documentary examines the roots of denial of the Armenian Genocide
and its contemporary political and moral implications for America and
the world, while providing a historical context in which to understand
what became a paradigm for later genocides. Newspapers termed it:
"Powerful. The film honors the victims of the Armenian Genocide" (The
New York Times) "Serious, literate and ultimately heartbreaking." [made
with] "…intelligence and precision." (The New Jersey Star Ledger)
"Evocative" [The Weekly Standard) "Powerful and skillfully made"
(The PBS Ombudsman).
Goldberg’s three other Armenian documentaries include "The
Armenian Americans," which won the NY Festivals World Medal 2000
for International Programming; "The Armenians, A Story of Survival,"
which aired on PBS stations nationally in 2002 and was awarded the
CINE Golden Eagle, and "Images of the Armenian Spirit." His television
credits include PBS, ABC News, E!, CNN, and countless others.
Robert Morris Morgenthau is District Attorney for New York County
(Manhattan). Armenians know his family well, thanks to the important
role his grandfather, Henry Morgenthau, Sr. played while United States
Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire during the Armenian Genocide.
Ambassador Morgenthau continued to speak out on the Armenians after
he returned to the United States, writing, lecturing, and even
embarking on diplomatic missions. Robert Morgenthau, like the rest
of his family, has continued this legacy of striving for justice. A
nationally known figure thanks to the many high profile prosecutions
he has conducted in office, as well as due to his active voice in
politics, Robert Morgenthau has not forgotten the Armenian tragedy,
and has participated in a variety of activities concerning the Genocide
over the years. Perhaps not coincidentally, he is the chairman of
the Museum of Jewish Heritage-A Living Memorial to the Holocaust. He
serves many other civic organizations, including the Police Athletic
League (PAL) since 1962, first as President and then Chairman.
Poet, memoirist, and scholar, Peter Balakian is the author of eight
books, most recently "June-tree: New and Selected Poems, 1974-2000"
(Harper Collins 2001), and "The Burning Tigris: The Armenian Genocide
and America~Rs Response" (HarperCollins, 2004). The latter won the
2005 Raphael Lemkin Prize and was a New York Times Notable Book
and a New York Times Best Seller. His memoir, "Black Dog of Fate"
won the 1998 PEN/Martha Albrand Prize for the Art of the Memoir
and the New Jersey Council for the Humanities Book Prize, and was
a best book of the year for the New York Times, the LA Times, and
Publisher~Rs Weekly. Recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a National
Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, an Ellis Island Medal of Honor,
and the Anahid Literary Award, Balakian is Donald M. and Constance
H. Rebar Professor of the Humanities and Professor of English at
Colgate University. He was the first Director of Colgate~Rs Center
for Ethics and World Societies.
New York singer Hooshere blends traditional and modern instrumentation
in her adaptation of Armenian folk music and original compositions. She
has been receiving high accolades from the music community, and has
earned several awards, including first place in the 2005 Billboard
Song Contest in the world music category.
The tracks ~SSomebody Else~T and "Garode" from her debut album,
"Provenance," were featured in Goldberg~Rs "The Armenian Genocide"
documentary.
The Andrew Goldberg tribute will begin at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday,
December 12, 2006, in the Haik and Alice Kavookjian Auditorium of the
Armenian Diocese in Manhattan (630 2nd Avenue between 34th and 35th
Streets). It will conclude with a reception. Admission is free. For
more information, contact zicres@armeniandiocese.org , or telephone
(212) 686 0710.
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