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Florida premiere of Genocide-themed “Women of 1915” slated for Jan 19

January 3, 2017 By administrator

Award-winning filmmaker Bared Maronian’s latest documentary film “Women of 1915”

Award-winning filmmaker Bared Maronian’s latest documentary film “Women of 1915” will have its Florida premiere of at the Mardigian Hall in Boca Raton on January 19, The Armenian Weekly reports.

The film tells the story of heroic Armenian and non-Armenian women who, during the tumultuous years of the Armenian Genocide, played an instrumental role in saving the lives of the innocent.

The documentary premiered in New Jersey in June, in an event sponsored by the Armenian Relief Society (ARS) of Eastern USA and attended by hundreds.

“The documentary, ‘Women of 1915,’ combines facts and emotion to honor these brave women of the Armenian Genocide, many of whom lost their lives, survived to create new lives, or were forced into lives that were not their own. Many women, Armenian, European, and American, also traveled great distances to rescue lives, even at the risk of their own. Among the women highlighted in the film are survivors, volunteers, and resisters, including survivor Aurora Mardiganian, American volunteer Mary Louise Graffam, diplomat Diana Apkar, and Danish missionary Maria Jacobsen,” Nayiri Panossian wrote in her coverage of the premiere for the Armenian Weekly.

The Armenian Weekly recently conducted a short interview with Maronian ahead of the Florida premiere of “Women of 1915.” The Florida premiere will take place at the Mardigian Hall in Boca Raton on January 19. The screening will be followed by a question/answer session and a reception.

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November 11, 2016 By administrator

front-page-740 By Wally Sarkeesian

The documentary Women of 1915 combines facts and emotion to honor these brave women of the Armenian Genocide, many of whom lost their lives, survived to create new lives, or were forced into lives that were not their own. Many women, Armenian, European, and American, also traveled great distances to rescue lives, even at the risk of their ow,. Among the women highlighted in the film are survivors, volunteers, and resisters, including survivor Aurora Mardiganian , American volunteer Mary Louise Graffam, diplomat Diana Apkar, and Danish missionary Maria Jacobsen.

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Women of 1915 (2016)

Director: Bared Maronian

Writer: Bared Maronian

Producer: Bared Maronian

Duration 90 min

Notable screenings, awards and mentions:

World premiere: Ciccone Theatre, New Jersy

Australian Premiere: Melbourne, Wellington College. Sydney, AGBU Center

Detroit Premiere: Emagine Novi Theater, Michigan

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Vanessa Kachadurian: historical documentary “Women of 1915”, strength and survival of women helping women.. Video

October 22, 2016 By administrator

historical documentary “Women of 1915”
Director/Producer: Bared Maronian

Posted by Vanessa Kachadurian

Director/Producer: Bared Maronian

The documentary WOMEN OF 1915 combines facts and emotion to honor these brave women of the Armenian Genocide, many of whom lost their lives, survived to create new lives, or were forced into lives that were not their own. Many women, Armenian, European, and American, also traveled great distances to rescue lives, even at the risk of their own. Among the women highlighted in the film are survivors, volunteers, and resisters, including survivor Aurora Mardiganian, American volunteer Mary Louise Graffam, diplomat Diana Apkar, and Danish missionary Maria Jacobsen.

The truth about genocides and wars throughout history, women have played a huge part in the survival of entire nations down to saving their villages. This documentary will premiere at the ARPA Film Festival, Saturday November 5, 2016 @ 3:45 pm at the historical Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles

http://www.arpafilmfestival.com/documentary-film-women-1915-bared-m…

Marie Jacobsen “Mama Jacobsen” was a Danish Lutheran missionary, who traveled in 1915 from Denmark to the Ottoman Empire (now Turkey) when she learned of the extermination of Armenians within its boundaries and on forced death marches to the Syrian desert. More than 1.5 million were killed in what has come to be known as the Armenian Genocide.

Jacobsen worked in the hospitals assisting Armenian people. The records she kept during this time have been credited as some of the most meaningful proof of the genocide, which Turkey still disputes. During her time in the eastern Ottoman Empire, she encountered numerous orphans of parents who were taken away by Turkish forces.

Her greatest work was directed at these orphans who she was able to find refuge for in Lebanon. She is credited by the Armenian people for saving the lives of up to 3,000 orphans during the genocide; children she hid in her care. She adopted three orphaned children. She found one by the side of a road, another was hiding in a tree.

When the genocide ended in 1922, Jacobsen moved many of the children to an orphanage she established near Beirut, Lebanon. She was buried there following her death in 1960.

Learn about many more great women who left the comforts of their home to help people they don’t even know across the globe. Brave Women is what keeps our species alive and well, Women fighting for human rights !!!

http://santamariatimes.com/danish-missionary-to-be-honored-at-betha…

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