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ENCORE SCREENING SET FOR FORUM FILM
Gloucester Daily Times, MA
April 18 2014
By Times Staff Gloucester Daily Times The Gloucester Daily Times Fri
Apr 18, 2014, 12:00 AM EDT
When the Cape Ann Forum hosted a free February screening of a
documentary work-in-progress about a long-disputed early 20th-century
case of genocide in Armenia, the event drew so many people to Cape Ann
Community Cinema that some had to be turned away, Forum representative
Martha Kurz said.
Now, those who didn't get to see the presentation -- and those who
did, and would like to view it again -- will have the chance to do
so through what amounts to an encore effort.
The sample screening and discussion of the documentary work-in-progress
by Gloucester resident Nubar Alexanian, 63. and his daughter Abby,
25, will be repeated Saturday, April 26, at 5 p.m., again at Cape
Ann Community Cinema. The program is being co-sponsored by the Cape
Ann Forum, Walker Creek Media and the Gloucester Writers' Center.
The showing of the 15-minute sample will note that the film, initially
called "Journey to Armenia," now has a new title, "Scars of Silence."
Yet the screening and the eventual full-length documentary maintains
its original focus on the Alexanians' research into a 1915 Armenian
genocide that many say left 1.5 million dead in eastern Turkey --
an incident that the current Turkish government and the U.S. decline
to acknowledge to this day.
"The trip was life-changing for sure," said Abby. "It was really
amazing to see where our family had walked every day -- but then so
sad to know that they are no longer walking there today."
The screening is free and open to the public.
Anyone seeking further information may contact the filmmakers at
[email protected], or capeannforum.org.
http://www.gloucestertimes.com/local/x2117335728/Encore-screening-set-for-Forum-film
Gloucester Daily Times, MA
April 18 2014
By Times Staff Gloucester Daily Times The Gloucester Daily Times Fri
Apr 18, 2014, 12:00 AM EDT
When the Cape Ann Forum hosted a free February screening of a
documentary work-in-progress about a long-disputed early 20th-century
case of genocide in Armenia, the event drew so many people to Cape Ann
Community Cinema that some had to be turned away, Forum representative
Martha Kurz said.
Now, those who didn't get to see the presentation -- and those who
did, and would like to view it again -- will have the chance to do
so through what amounts to an encore effort.
The sample screening and discussion of the documentary work-in-progress
by Gloucester resident Nubar Alexanian, 63. and his daughter Abby,
25, will be repeated Saturday, April 26, at 5 p.m., again at Cape
Ann Community Cinema. The program is being co-sponsored by the Cape
Ann Forum, Walker Creek Media and the Gloucester Writers' Center.
The showing of the 15-minute sample will note that the film, initially
called "Journey to Armenia," now has a new title, "Scars of Silence."
Yet the screening and the eventual full-length documentary maintains
its original focus on the Alexanians' research into a 1915 Armenian
genocide that many say left 1.5 million dead in eastern Turkey --
an incident that the current Turkish government and the U.S. decline
to acknowledge to this day.
"The trip was life-changing for sure," said Abby. "It was really
amazing to see where our family had walked every day -- but then so
sad to know that they are no longer walking there today."
The screening is free and open to the public.
Anyone seeking further information may contact the filmmakers at
[email protected], or capeannforum.org.
http://www.gloucestertimes.com/local/x2117335728/Encore-screening-set-for-Forum-film