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DOCUMENTARY ON ASSYRIAN GENOCIDE TO PREMIERE FOR CENTENNIAL COMMEMORATION
AINA Assyrian International News Agency
Sept 25 2014
Posted 2014-09-25 00:22 GMT
Stockholm (AINA) -- Assyrians are preparing for the 2015 centennial
commemoration of the genocide committed against them in World War One
by Ottoman Turkey. A film team spent recently three weeks in southeast
Turkey shooting for a documentary film which will premiere next year.
The Turkish genocide targeted Assyrians, Armenians and Pontic Greeks
between 1915 and 1918. 750,000 Assyrians (75%) were killed, 1.5
million Armenians and 500,000 Pontic Greeks.
The documentary, produced by the Assyrian Federation of Sweden and
the Assyrian Youth Federation of Sweden, is directed by Aziz Said
from Berlin, who has directed several other films, Several European
broadcasters have expressed interest in the documentary, which aims
to explain the genocide to a wider audience.
The film focuses on the genocide and effect on the Assyrians today. It
will also deal with the denial which is still maintained by the
Turkish state. Several experts will be featured in the film.
Sweden is the only country which has recognized the Assyrian genocide.
On March 12, 2010 the Swedish parliament passed a resolution calling
the killing of Assyrians, Armenians and Pontic Greeks a genocide
(AINA 2010-03-12).
http://www.aina.org/news/20140924202253.htm
AINA Assyrian International News Agency
Sept 25 2014
Posted 2014-09-25 00:22 GMT
Stockholm (AINA) -- Assyrians are preparing for the 2015 centennial
commemoration of the genocide committed against them in World War One
by Ottoman Turkey. A film team spent recently three weeks in southeast
Turkey shooting for a documentary film which will premiere next year.
The Turkish genocide targeted Assyrians, Armenians and Pontic Greeks
between 1915 and 1918. 750,000 Assyrians (75%) were killed, 1.5
million Armenians and 500,000 Pontic Greeks.
The documentary, produced by the Assyrian Federation of Sweden and
the Assyrian Youth Federation of Sweden, is directed by Aziz Said
from Berlin, who has directed several other films, Several European
broadcasters have expressed interest in the documentary, which aims
to explain the genocide to a wider audience.
The film focuses on the genocide and effect on the Assyrians today. It
will also deal with the denial which is still maintained by the
Turkish state. Several experts will be featured in the film.
Sweden is the only country which has recognized the Assyrian genocide.
On March 12, 2010 the Swedish parliament passed a resolution calling
the killing of Assyrians, Armenians and Pontic Greeks a genocide
(AINA 2010-03-12).
http://www.aina.org/news/20140924202253.htm