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GENOCIDE NEW DOCUMENTARY TO HAVE ITS BOSTON PREMIERE OCT. 28
ARMENPRESS
3 October, 2012
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 3, ARMENPRESS: "Voyage to Amasia," a new documentary
film by Randy Bell and Eric V. Hachikian, will have its Boston premiere
at the historic Studio Cinema in Belmont on Sun., Oct.
28 at 2 p.m, reports Armenpress citing The Armenian Weekly. The film
had its world premiere at the Pomegranate Film Festival in Toronto
in December 2011, where it won the prize for Best Documentary. It
has also screened at the 2012 Golden Apricot International Film
Festival in Yerevan, the Minneapolis International Film Festival,
and the Philadelphia Independent Film Festival, and in November it
will screen at the St. Louis International Film Festival. "Voyage to
Amasia" documents composer Eric Hachikian's return to his ancestral
home-Amasia, Turkey-nearly 100 years after Ottoman soldiers deported
his grandmother, Helen Shushan, during the Armenian Genocide. A
long-time Belmont resident, Helen Shushan was active in many local
cultural and educational organizations, including those sponsoring
this event. The film is set to Eric's piano trio of the same name,
which provided the initial inspiration for the documentary. "Voyage to
Amasia" traces a path through the past, honoring Eric's relationship
with his grandmother and uncovering what her family's life in Turkey
might have been like. It also explores how the events of nearly a
century ago continue to strain the relationship between Armenians and
Turks today. Inspired by one family's story, the filmmakers embark on
their own journey in the hopes of finding a greater understanding
between two peoples still at odds. Randy Bell is a Washington,
D.C.-based independent filmmaker. His documentary films, which
explore subjects as diverse as American popular music, mid-century
European modernist architecture, and the AIDS orphan crisis in Kenya,
have won awards from the Cleveland International Film Festival, the
New England Film and Video Festival, and the Ivy Film Festival. He
received his Bachelor of Arts from Harvard University in 2000,
and his Master in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School of
Government in 2010. Eric Hachikian is an Armenian-American composer
whose music has been hailed by the New York Times as "lovely and
original." His compositions and orchestrations can be heard in
a variety of major motion pictures, network television shows, and
national and international ad campaigns. They have been performed at
Carnegie Hall, at New York's Boston's Symphony Hall, at the Getty in
Los Angeles, and Off-Broadway in New York City. A classically trained
composer, as well as a self-taught DJ and perpetual student of world
music, Eric's musical style has no boundaries, and his multi-genre
interests result in a unique and personal sound. There will be a
reception following the film with an opportunity to speak with the
directors. In honor of Helen Shushan's commitment to the community,
this event is being jointly sponsored by the Armenian Library and
Museum of America, the Friends of Armenian Culture Society, the
National Association for Armenian Studies and Research, and the
Armenian Cultural Foundation. Admission is free and open to the public.
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ARMENPRESS
3 October, 2012
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 3, ARMENPRESS: "Voyage to Amasia," a new documentary
film by Randy Bell and Eric V. Hachikian, will have its Boston premiere
at the historic Studio Cinema in Belmont on Sun., Oct.
28 at 2 p.m, reports Armenpress citing The Armenian Weekly. The film
had its world premiere at the Pomegranate Film Festival in Toronto
in December 2011, where it won the prize for Best Documentary. It
has also screened at the 2012 Golden Apricot International Film
Festival in Yerevan, the Minneapolis International Film Festival,
and the Philadelphia Independent Film Festival, and in November it
will screen at the St. Louis International Film Festival. "Voyage to
Amasia" documents composer Eric Hachikian's return to his ancestral
home-Amasia, Turkey-nearly 100 years after Ottoman soldiers deported
his grandmother, Helen Shushan, during the Armenian Genocide. A
long-time Belmont resident, Helen Shushan was active in many local
cultural and educational organizations, including those sponsoring
this event. The film is set to Eric's piano trio of the same name,
which provided the initial inspiration for the documentary. "Voyage to
Amasia" traces a path through the past, honoring Eric's relationship
with his grandmother and uncovering what her family's life in Turkey
might have been like. It also explores how the events of nearly a
century ago continue to strain the relationship between Armenians and
Turks today. Inspired by one family's story, the filmmakers embark on
their own journey in the hopes of finding a greater understanding
between two peoples still at odds. Randy Bell is a Washington,
D.C.-based independent filmmaker. His documentary films, which
explore subjects as diverse as American popular music, mid-century
European modernist architecture, and the AIDS orphan crisis in Kenya,
have won awards from the Cleveland International Film Festival, the
New England Film and Video Festival, and the Ivy Film Festival. He
received his Bachelor of Arts from Harvard University in 2000,
and his Master in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School of
Government in 2010. Eric Hachikian is an Armenian-American composer
whose music has been hailed by the New York Times as "lovely and
original." His compositions and orchestrations can be heard in
a variety of major motion pictures, network television shows, and
national and international ad campaigns. They have been performed at
Carnegie Hall, at New York's Boston's Symphony Hall, at the Getty in
Los Angeles, and Off-Broadway in New York City. A classically trained
composer, as well as a self-taught DJ and perpetual student of world
music, Eric's musical style has no boundaries, and his multi-genre
interests result in a unique and personal sound. There will be a
reception following the film with an opportunity to speak with the
directors. In honor of Helen Shushan's commitment to the community,
this event is being jointly sponsored by the Armenian Library and
Museum of America, the Friends of Armenian Culture Society, the
National Association for Armenian Studies and Research, and the
Armenian Cultural Foundation. Admission is free and open to the public.
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