New Armenian Genocide remembrance website

[berberian]

People ... remember the Armenian Genocide.

http://www.twentyvoices.com/survivors.html

[MERCURY555]

I wonder, why do not american armenians or west armenians , make movies about armenian genocide, it would be agood voice, to make people, public, know about genocide

[IAmMadAtAC]

There's not much use in doing it without a WHOLE lot of money and an interested studio. We really have neither to put towards such a venture.

[bell-the-cat]

People ... remember the Armenian Genocide.

http://www.twentyvoices.com/survivors.html

Beat you to it by two days.

http://forum.armenianclub.com/showthread.php?t=5453

(I've been told that it did go online on the 24th April - but when I tried it on that day, it wasn't available.)

[Genuine_Stud]

All I gotta say about that website is bravo.
I'm sure that website and the project/documentary tied to that website was a lot of work.

Bravo.

The more resources we have on the Genocide, the better.

[Sip]

I wonder, why do not american armenians or west armenians , make movies about armenian genocide, it would be agood voice, to make people, public, know about genocide

Ararat

If it was more of a "documentary" no one would go see it (in terms of "regular" people).

[bell-the-cat]

Ararat

If it was more of a "documentary" no one would go see it (in terms of "regular" people).

No "regular" people went to see it anyway. In every definition of the word, that film was a failure.

[Genuine_Stud]

Ararat was presented in the wrong way.

When you're broadcasting a message to a general audience, it's better to keep the message and the flow of the story simple enough to understand for those who don't know the history, yet entertaining enough to keep the audience interested.

Ararat went in the artsy direction in terms of presenting the genocide as a movie. It wasn't bad in terms of presenting the movie like art and presenting the flow and story of the movie in new creative ways, however, it failed presenting the history in a concise way to those who didn't previously know about the genocide. Too many important facts got left out. Documentaries are fine, but you have to get the majority of the audience involved to a story they can relate to in a small way or another.... baahhh... who am I kiddin?

Here I am going on a rant that isn't going to change anything.

More importantly, we need more of an influence in Hollywood to present our genocide as a film similar to how Schindler's List was.

Anywho... the website is cool though. Like i said, the more resources on the genocide... the better. I wish the filmmaker on that website the best of luck with her project.

[TomServo]

It's a shame that Henri Verneuil's Mayrig did not receive proper distribution in the U.S. It was helmed as a masterpiece in France. And it's surely much more accessible than Ararat.

[Genuine_Stud]

It's a shame that Henri Verneuil's Mayrig did not receive proper distribution in the U.S. It was helmed as a masterpiece in France. And it's surely much more accessible than Ararat.

Yup. Agreed.