Genealogy as Identity at USC's Innovate Armenia from 18 May 2019. A discussion about DNA testing and its importance in repairing the rupture in our Armenian family histories as a part of the crime of genocide.
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Interview with Bill Coleman as part of his This is Worcester show on WCCA-TV from 9 May 2016. The interview primarily focuses on the Armenian genocide, but also discusses the Armenian community of Worcester.
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Panel on Western Armenia and the Hidden Armenians at the 2015 ANCA-WR Grassroots Conference. Joining me on the panel were Aris Nalci and Raffi Bedrosyan. The panel was moderated by Matthew Karanian.
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Turkey’s hidden Armenians search for stolen identity - In 1915, during World War I, the Ottoman Empire ordered the extermination of the Armenian people. One and a half million were killed in the first genocide of the 20th century. But up to 200,000 women and children survived, converting to Islam and being integrated into the Kurdish and Turkish communities. Today, their descendants are discovering their Armenian roots that had lain hidden for generations. French reporters followed them on their difficult search for identity.
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"A Personal Journey To Western Armenia" - In this 30-minute film, Nora Hovsepian documents her long-awaited pilgrimage back to the land from where her grandparents were forced to flee in 1915. The film shows the remnants of an ancient and resilient Armenian culture after Ottoman Turkey attempted to destroy Western Armenia in the first Genocide of modern times.
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"From Palu to Providence: Survival of a Legacy - A Family Gathering" - A clip produced in the 1950s and now edited by Silvina Der-Meguerditchian. One of the Giragos Der Manouelian’s family get-togethers in Providence, Rhode Island. The song ‘Tamzara’ is sung by Maro Nalbandian (taken from Bedros Alahaidoyan’s book "Palu’s musical-ethnographical collection", published by Trazarg Press, Glendale, California, 2009).
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"From Palu to Providence: Survival of a Legacy - A Palutsi Wedding" - A clip from the 1960s now edited by Silvina Der-Meguerditchian. Providence (Rhode Island, USA). A Palu wedding party with the Der Manouelian and Aghjayan families present. The song ‘Ertank mer ekin, yar’ (Let us go to our vineyard, love) is sung by Maro Nalbandian (taken from Bedros Alahaidoyan’s book ‘Palu’s musical-ethnographical collection’, published by Trazarg Press, Glendale, California, 2009).
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"The Armenian Journey: From Despair to Hope in Rhode Island" - A film by The Genocide Education Project (GenEd), tells the story of Armenian Genocide survivor Margaret Garabedian Der Manuelian, told through the narrative voice of her great-granddaughter, 21 year old Dalita Getzoyan. The film was funded by a grant from the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities and designed to support educators in the region and beyond.
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