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  • Free Screening of The River Ran Red, Tribute to Vartkes Broussalian

    PRESS RELEASE
    National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR)
    395 Concord Ave.
    Belmont, MA 02478
    Tel.: 617-489-1610
    E-mail: [email protected]

    GLENDALE TRIBUTE TO DR. VARTKES BROUSSALIAN TO
    INCLUDE SCREENING OF "THE RIVER RAN RED"


    The National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) and
    the UCLA Friends of Armenian Studies will present a special evening in
    tribute to the late Dr. Vartkes Broussalian, featuring a free showing of
    Dr. J. Michael Hagopian's documentary The River Ran Red, on Saturday,
    November 21, at 7:00 p.m., at the Glendale Central Library Auditorium,
    222 E. Harvard Street (2nd floor), Glendale, CA.

    About Dr. Vartkes Broussalian

    Dr. Vartkes Broussalian (1928-2009) was a brilliant economist trained at
    the London School of Economics and UCLA whose career spanned more than
    half a century. He held senior-level positions in various branches of
    the United States Government including the Executive Office of the
    President; he taught at several major universities including Duke and
    UCLA; and he served as an advisor to the newly formed democratic
    governments of Armenia and Moldova in the early 1990s.

    Dr. Broussalian served on the NAASR Board of Directors from 1991 until
    2003 and was actively involved in the UCLA Friends of Armenian Studies,
    serving as Chairman of the Board from 2001-2003.

    About The River Ran Red and Dr. J. Michael Hagopian

    Culminating more than forty years of interviews with more than 400
    eyewitnesses to the Armenian Genocide of 1915, The River Ran Red is the
    final film of documentarian Dr. J. Michael Hagopian's trilogy "The
    Witnesses." The film was awarded first prize at the 2009 New York
    International Film & Video Festival for Best International Historical
    Documentary.

    The River Ran Red is about Hagopian's epic search for survivors of the
    Genocide who were sent to their fate along the Euphrates River to the
    Syrian Desert and Der Zor. Footage from many interviews with survivors
    carried out over several decades gives the film tremendous power and
    immediacy.

    The evening will include a conversation with Dr. Hagopian about the film
    and he will offer his personal reflections on Dr. Vartkes Broussalian.
    UCLA doctoral candidate Ara Soghomonian will conduct a
    question-and-answer session with Hagopian.

    Dr. J. Michael Hagopian pioneered the effort to document the Armenian
    Genocide through films such as: Where Are My People, The Forgotten
    Genocide, The Armenian Case, The Armenian Genocide, Voices from the Lake
    and Germany and the Secret Genocide. He holds a doctorate in
    International Relations from Harvard University.

    Refreshments will be served prior to the 7:30 screening of The River Ran
    Red.

    More information about the event is available by contacting the UCLA
    Friends of Armenian Studies at 310-275-2767 or NAASR 617-489-1610 or
    [email protected], or by writing to NAASR, 395 Concord Ave., Belmont, MA
    02478.
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