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Subject: `The Morgenthau Story' shown at NAASR Thursday
Belmont Citizen-Herald, MA
Nov 1 2008
`The Morgenthau Story' shown at NAASR Thursday
Fri Oct 31, 2008, 04:15 PM EDT
Belmont, Mass. -
The National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR)
will host a screening of `The Morgenthau Story,' a new documentary by
Massachusetts-based filmmaker and artist Apo Torosyan's at 8 p.m. on
Thursday, Nov. 6, at the NAASR Center, 395 Concord Ave. in
Belmont. The event will be co-sponsored by Mashtots Chair in Armenian
Studies at Harvard University and NAASR, and Mashtots Professor James
R. Russell will provide an introduction to the film.
The Morgenthau Story tells the story of Ambassador Henry Morgenthau's
commitment to helping humanity. From 1913 to 1916, he served as
U.S. Ambassador in Constantinople, and with the beginning of the
Armenian Genocide in the spring of 1915 he appealed without success to
the Ottoman leaders to stop the killings. In 1923, during the
aftermath of the genocide and expulsion of Armenians, Greeks, and
Assyrians, he helped save thousands of lives by successfully leading
the Refugee Relief Committee in Greece.
Torosyan interweaves the story of Morgenthau with interviews with
three of his descendants: grandsons Henry Morgenthau III and Robert
M. Morgenthau, and great-granddaughter Dr. Pamela Steiner.
Torosyan was born in Istanbul, Turkey, to Armenian and Greek
parents. He holds Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Istanbul's
Academy of Fine Arts. His previous films include Bread Series, Water,
The Gates, Witnesses, Discovering My Father's Village: Edincik, and
Voices. He is an active member of the Boston Printmakers and the
International Association of Genocide Scholars.
Torosyan has had many solo and group art shows all over the U.S. and
Europe, and his work has appeared in private and corporate collections
in Turkey, Greece, Spain, France, Armenia, Canada, and the U.S. One of
his works, `My Father's Letter,' 1991, was selected by the Museum of
Modern Art at Tonneins, Bordeaux, France, for its permanent
collection. His `Bread Series' is also in the permanent collection of
the Armenian Library and Museum of America in Watertown, MA, and the
Flaten Art Museum in Northfield, MN.
The NAASR Bookstore will open at 7:30 p.m. the night of the screening
and all of Torosyan's DVDs will be on sale. Admission to the event is
free (donations appreciated).
The NAASR Center is located opposite the First Armenian Church and
next to the U.S. Post Office. Ample parking is available around the
building and in adjacent areas. The screening will begin promptly at 8
p.m.
More information about the event is available by calling 617-489-1610,
faxing 617-484-1759, e-mailing [email protected], or writing to NAASR, 395
Concord Ave., Belmont, MA 02478.
http://www.wickedlocal.com/belmont/fun/ent ertainment/arts/x635419388/-The-Morgenthau-Story-s hown-at-NAASR-Thursday
Subject: `The Morgenthau Story' shown at NAASR Thursday
Belmont Citizen-Herald, MA
Nov 1 2008
`The Morgenthau Story' shown at NAASR Thursday
Fri Oct 31, 2008, 04:15 PM EDT
Belmont, Mass. -
The National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR)
will host a screening of `The Morgenthau Story,' a new documentary by
Massachusetts-based filmmaker and artist Apo Torosyan's at 8 p.m. on
Thursday, Nov. 6, at the NAASR Center, 395 Concord Ave. in
Belmont. The event will be co-sponsored by Mashtots Chair in Armenian
Studies at Harvard University and NAASR, and Mashtots Professor James
R. Russell will provide an introduction to the film.
The Morgenthau Story tells the story of Ambassador Henry Morgenthau's
commitment to helping humanity. From 1913 to 1916, he served as
U.S. Ambassador in Constantinople, and with the beginning of the
Armenian Genocide in the spring of 1915 he appealed without success to
the Ottoman leaders to stop the killings. In 1923, during the
aftermath of the genocide and expulsion of Armenians, Greeks, and
Assyrians, he helped save thousands of lives by successfully leading
the Refugee Relief Committee in Greece.
Torosyan interweaves the story of Morgenthau with interviews with
three of his descendants: grandsons Henry Morgenthau III and Robert
M. Morgenthau, and great-granddaughter Dr. Pamela Steiner.
Torosyan was born in Istanbul, Turkey, to Armenian and Greek
parents. He holds Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Istanbul's
Academy of Fine Arts. His previous films include Bread Series, Water,
The Gates, Witnesses, Discovering My Father's Village: Edincik, and
Voices. He is an active member of the Boston Printmakers and the
International Association of Genocide Scholars.
Torosyan has had many solo and group art shows all over the U.S. and
Europe, and his work has appeared in private and corporate collections
in Turkey, Greece, Spain, France, Armenia, Canada, and the U.S. One of
his works, `My Father's Letter,' 1991, was selected by the Museum of
Modern Art at Tonneins, Bordeaux, France, for its permanent
collection. His `Bread Series' is also in the permanent collection of
the Armenian Library and Museum of America in Watertown, MA, and the
Flaten Art Museum in Northfield, MN.
The NAASR Bookstore will open at 7:30 p.m. the night of the screening
and all of Torosyan's DVDs will be on sale. Admission to the event is
free (donations appreciated).
The NAASR Center is located opposite the First Armenian Church and
next to the U.S. Post Office. Ample parking is available around the
building and in adjacent areas. The screening will begin promptly at 8
p.m.
More information about the event is available by calling 617-489-1610,
faxing 617-484-1759, e-mailing [email protected], or writing to NAASR, 395
Concord Ave., Belmont, MA 02478.
http://www.wickedlocal.com/belmont/fun/ent ertainment/arts/x635419388/-The-Morgenthau-Story-s hown-at-NAASR-Thursday