Слёзы Аракса \ Hayastan: A Promise to Araxi (2005)

Название: Армения: Слёзы Аракса
Оригинальное название: Hayastan: A Promise to Araxi
Дата эфира: 2005
Страна: США
Жанр: Документальный
Режиссер: Джон Гарбер
Музыка: Ричард и Кай Хагопян

* Director - John Garber
* Producer - Tom Stone
* Editor - Terry Kelley
* Cinematography - David Spindler, Sissy Spindler, Catherine Stone
* Music - Musicians - Richard Hagopian, Kay Hagopian
Choir - St. Gregory’s Choir
* Arax Armenian Dancers
Zar Der Mugrdechian, Vera Gabriel, Lena Abrahamian, Melain Garabet-McDowell, Maral Garabet-Dorian, Raffi Hagopian, Ana Tanielian
* Interview Participants
Fresno, California - Emma Atashkarian, Varsenig Atashkarian, Helen Minasian
Asbarez Club, Fresno - Barlow Der Mugrdecian, Hiram Garber
California Home for the Aged, Fresno - Lucy Jamgotchian
Tiburon, California - Aram Zaillian, Brian Zaillian, Richard Kloian
St. Gregory’s Church (S.F., CA) - Florence Janigkian, Navart Karagozian, Ousana Misserlian
St. Gregory’s Conference Room - Roxanne Makasdjian, Ara Makasdjian, Sahag Keuroghlian, Chake Keuroghlian, Papken Tcharian
U.C. Berkeley - Paul Maranian, Shant Tchakerian, Rafik Sarkissian, Taline Makdessian

On April 24, 1915, Ottoman Turks rounded up and killed three hundred Ottoman Armenian leaders and intellectuals living in Constantinople. Thus began a slaughter which would leave 1.5 million of 2.1 million Ottoman Armenians dead. Years later, Adolph Hitler, who was a private with the Ottoman-allied German army at the time of the genocide, would tell his troops: "Go, kill without mercy. . . . After all, who today remembers the extermination of the Armenians?" Today, Turkey not only denies the genocide but has orchestrated a campaign to rewrite its history. Ultimately, the healing can only begin at the point where acknowledgement comes. This is as true for Turks as it is for Armenians as it is for all of us. It is all of our history. And as Hitler would show to devastating effect, those who do not learn from their history are doomed to relive it.

Продолжительность: 36 минут
Язык: английский \ армянский