July 8, 2019, TORONTO: Can you imagine if you, as a kid, could see the animated story of your grandparents on screen? What if you could watch them recount their life story and learn more about who you are and where you come from? What if you could not only listen to the testimonies of Armenian genocide survivors, your grandparents or great-grandparents, from the survivors personally, but also watch the story in animation on screen?
The Zoryan Institute is working to make that a reality! The Institute, in partnership with BARS Media of Armenia, is converting its oral history accounts of the survivors of the Armenian genocide into animation. To illustrate the courageous and inspiring life story of one such survivor, Aurora Mardiganian’s testimony will be the first to be made into an animated film, titled Aurora’s Sunrise. The film is to be shown worldwide some 100 years later since the first silent movie of 1919.
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Animating History: How the Zoryan Institute Brings the Testimonies of Genocide Survivors to Life
19 Jul 2019