April 20, 2010
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AGBU Toronto Hosts Packed Premier of "The River Ran Red"

  • Dr. J. Michael Hagopian signs a DVD for a member of the audi
    Dr. J. Michael Hagopian signs a DVD for a member of the audience at the Toronto presentation of "The River Ran Red."

On April 7, 2010, AGBU Toronto was proud to present the Toronto premiere of "The River Ran Red" for an audience of more than 200 people. The film is the final segment in documentarian Dr. J. Michael Hagopian's trilogy, "The Witnesses," based on interviews with nearly 400 survivors of the Armenian Genocide of 1915.

"The River Ran Red" features an epic search for survivors of the Genocide who were deported along the Euphrates River to the Syrian Desert and Der Zor.

After a silent prayer in memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide on its 95th anniversary, Dr. Hagopian went on to discuss his film. He holds a doctorate in international relations from Harvard University and an undergraduate degree from the University of California, Berkeley. As an academic and a filmmaker, he has made it his life’s work to document what happened during the Genocide through films such as "Voices From the Lake" and "The Forgotten Genocide"--the first two segments of the aforementioned trilogy.

AGBU Toronto was honored to showcase a work giving voice to those whose accounts would otherwise be lost in time, so that information about the collective Armenian past is transmitted to future generations. DVDs of the documentary can be purchased through the Web site, www.armenianfilm.org.

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