Film: ‘Women of 1915’ to Make Rhode Island Premiere on Oct. 14

The Armenian Weekly
Sept 18 2017


 

The award-winning documentary “Women of 1915” will make its Rhode Island premiere on Oct. 14, at 5:30 p.m., at Rhode Island College’s newly renovated and beautiful Gaige Auditorium. The event is presented by the Armenian Relief Society’s (ARS) Providence Ani and Arax Chapters, along with the Rhode Island Hamazkayin Educational and Cultural Society.

The filmmaker, Bared Maronian, will be in attendance for the premiere and will be available for questions following the screening. Admission is $20 per person and includes refreshments following the film.

“Women of 1915”

“Women of 1915” is a documentary film that unearths the story of the gender that was left behind to experience the worst kind of torture yet display the most heroic form of resilience. Through the movie, the audience bears witness to women who defied gender expectations by fighting back with the same strength and spirit that they have passed down to future generations of women and men alike. The stories of these women, along with the lasting impact they had on the lives they created and touched, will have viewers feeling both heartbreak and admiration.

Through Maronian’s “Women of 1915,” every viewer who has left an ancestral homeland for reasons not of their own choosing, or whose ancestors have done so, will be reconnected through the sacrifices of the women featured in the film. Maronian’s recognized masterpiece on this subject, along with others of his award-winning works, such as “Orphans of the Genocide,” have resonated throughout the United States, Europe, and South America.

For more information or to reserve your seat, please contact Pauline Getzoyan at 401-486-3776 or [email protected], or Taline Mkrtschjan at or [email protected], as soon as possible, as space is limited.

‘Women of 1915’ to Make Rhode Island Premiere on Oct. 14

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS