Peters Education Center Auditorium (West of Save Mart Center in the Student Recreation Center Building)
Discussant: Professor Barlow Der Mugrdechian
Discussant: Professor Barlow Der Mugrdechian
Routhiau Mikaélian. Alexandra promised her grandfather that she would search for the members of their family in Turkey starting with a simple name, Shahimé, the sister he never met. Leaving Paris for Istanbul, Alexandra starts on a journey through time in search of the living. Her journey will lift the veil of one of the most deeply rooted taboos in Turkish society, those for which you still might risk your life. Alexandra’s film highlights the stories of millions of Armenians and Turks called the “Hidden Armenians” or the “Remnants of the Sword”. These are the descendants of Armenian women and children converted and forcibly integrated into the Turkish population during the Armenian Genocide (1915-17). Hers is the first film revealing the missing stories of these women, victims of the genocide, the Armenian grandmothers, who passed on their stories in soft whispers. Féthiye Cetin, the writer and lawyer who appears in the film, explains this: “Every Turk discovers that he may have Armenian blood in his veins and every Armenian, including in the diaspora, realizes that he may have Muslim cousins in Turkey.” 110 years after the events of 1915, it is time to open the book of this common history and, above all, open the doors of silence, to finally build together bridges towards reconciliation. In French and Turkish with English subtitles. 52 minutes.
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CineCulture brings films and filmmakers from around the world to share their experiences, visions, and voices with our community. For 18 years, these films and post-discussions with directors, respected guest speakers, and local professors with relevant expertise have fostered and affected intercultural understanding of critical issues that deeply inform our local, national, and international awareness.
Recently, I was notified that CineCulture, like other programs, if facing a significant funding reduction. Much appreciated, grants from Associated Students in the past have gone towards securing performance rights for films (required for community screenings), guest director/artists’ honorariums, travel, and hotel expenses.
During these challenging times, the films and filmmakers we invite not only educate and inspire us but are, as Harry Belafonte would remind us, “Artists are the gatekeepers of truth.” My hope is that, together, we can gather the support needed to continue this vital, creative international exchange program.
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