DAN MALAN: I AM ASTONISHED THAT ANYONE CAN DENY ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
/PanARMENIAN.Net/
23.03.2010 19:08 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "I visited the Genocide Museum-Institute in Yerevan,
and images impressed me deeply. I am surprised that anyone can deny
the Armenian Genocide and deny the history. You always must remember
the history, without becoming its hostage, " Dan Malan, co-producer of
"loody Sunday"said in Armenia on March 23. Dan Malan is taking part
in the 8th Annual British Film Festival in Yerevan.
He said, he finds many similarities between Armenia and Ireland: both
countries are famous for their ancient manuscripts, both countries
have extensive diasporas, scattered across the world. Most of the
people of Northern Ireland left their country between 1845 and 1850,
during so-called Great Famine, which is also considered to be a
genocide of the Irish people.
Dan Malan said he was a member of the 1972 movement for civil rights
in Northern Ireland and witnessed the Bloody Sunday. "Bloody Sunday"
is a landmark film because it was produced by representatives of the
two opposing sides: The Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
The film "Bloody Sunday" tells about the fate of the Irish, who do
not want to forget the tragic events of January 30, 1972. Then the
British soldiers shot 13 unarmed civilians taking part in the march
for civil rights in the city of Derry, Northern Ireland.