"THE MORGANTHAU STORY" TO BE SCREENED IN US
/PanARMENIAN.Net/
25.05.2009 20:33 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "The Morganthau Story", a film by Apo Torosyan,
will be screened in the international association of genocide scholars
biennial conference in Arlington. The film was shot in the frameworks
of "2009 Roundtable on Art and Genocide" project. The presentation
is scheduled for June 8.
The film is dedicated to the activities of Henry Morgenthau, US
Ambassador in Turkey and Entente countries in 1913-26. He paid special
attention to Christian missions and Armenians, and appealed to the
Turkish Government to stop the mass killings of civilians on their
territory. In 1923, he helped save thousands of Armenians, Greeks
and Assyrians. Apo Torosyan’s film is based on the recollections of
the diplomat’s descendents.
Another film to be shown during the conference is "Voice". The film
is based on the recollections of Genocide survivors who had lived
in Izmir.
Actor and Director Apo Torosyan was born in Turkey where he lived for
26 years. He is a second-generation descendent of Armenian and Greek
genocide survivors. He cannot visit his birthplace because of his films
about the 1915 events. The director plans to send his documentaries
to Turkey to have them translated into Turkish and presented to public.