Armenian Apostolic Church of Crescenta Valley – Education Committee
6252 Honolulu Ave.
La Crescenta, CA. 91214
Tel: 818-244-9645
E-mail: cvarmenianchurch@gmail.com

On Sunday, March 22, 2015, the Educational Committee of the Armenian
Apostolic Church of Crescenta Valley will host a lecture on the
“The Cut’ Film and Mardik Martin’,
presented by Mr. Mardik Martin. The lecture will begin at 1:00 p.m., at
the conclusion of Divine Liturgy, at the Prelacy `Dikran and
Zarouhie Der Ghazarian’ Hall (6250 Honolulu Ave, La Crescenta,
CA 91214).

Mr. Mardik will provide detail of his involvement in production of the
film `The Cut’ for which he co-wrote the screenplay. He
traveled to Armenia for the first time in January 2015 with acclaimed
director Fatih Akin for the premiere of the film, which follows the
quest of an Armenian Genocide survivor to find his lost daughters.
The film was
also premiered in the Competition at the ‘Venice International Film
Festival’ in 2014.

Mr. Mardik Martin is in the elite group of screenwriters on the Writer’s
Guild of America’s list of 101 Greatest Screenplays ever written. He
immigrated to the United States from Iraq to attend New York University.
He won the Mahler award and graduated with a Master’s degree in
Screenwriting in 1968, then went on to teach at NYU from 1968 to 1973.
Mr. Mardik moved to Hollywood after
Mean Streets
(1973), which he co-wrote with
Martin Scorsese,
became a huge success. He has written screenplays like New York, New
York (1977),
Valentino (1977), Revenge is my Destiny and collaborating with Scorsese
on multiple projects before writing the
Raging Bull
(1980). Among his documentaries are Italianamerican (1974), American Boy
(1978) and The Last Waltz (1978). His more recent project is the
documentary Mardik: From Baghdad to Hollywood which was released in
2011.

Mr. Mardik Martin teaches at the prestigious ‘USC School of Cinematic
Arts’, having mentored and taught thousands of the brightest young
luminaries in the movie business.

We invite our parishioners and the greater community to attend Divine
Liturgy and the presentation to follow. The event is free of charge to
the public. Those who would like to receive more information on or
sponsor the Educational Committee’s future lecture series are
encouraged to contact the Church at cvarmenianchurch@gmail.com
.

Below is the YouTube video on `Jesus’ Teaching on
Fasting in the Gospel of Matthew’ presented by Rev. Fr. Boghos
Tinkjian at the Crescenta Valley Armenian Apostolic Church in
LaCrescenta, California on Sunday 3/8/15.