The Ararat- Eskijian Museum

and

Organization of Istanbul Armenians

Present

The Morgenthau Story

     A New Documentary Film by

                     Apo Torosyan 

Sunday, January 25, 2009

4:30 p.m. 

Under the Auspices of The Western Diocese Armenian Church of North America

Archbishop Hovnan Derderian, Primate  

3325 North Glenoaks Blvd.

                        Burbank Ca 91504

    The Morgenthau Story tells the story of Ambassador Henry Morgenthau¡¯s commitment to helping humanity.  From 1913 to 1916, he served as U.S. Ambassador in Constantinople, and with the beginning of the Armenian Genocide in the spring of 1915 he appealed without success to the Ottoman leaders to stop the killings.  In 1923, during the aftermath of the genocide and expulsion of Armenians, Greeks, and Assyrians, he helped save thousands of lives by successfully leading the Refugee Relief Committee in Greece.

     Filmmaker Apo Torosyan interweaves the story of Henry Morgenthau with interviews with three of his descendants: grandsons Henry Morgenthau III and Robert M. Morgenthau, and great-granddaughter Dr. Pamela Steiner.

     Apo Torosyan was born in Istanbul, Turkey, to Armenian and Greek parents.  He holds Bachelor¡¯s and Master¡¯s degrees from Istanbul¡¯s Academy of Fine Arts.  His previous films include Bread Series, Water, The Gates, Witnesses, Discovering My Father¡¯s Village: Edincik, and Voices.  He is an active member of the Boston Printmakers and the International Association of Genocide Scholars.

     Torosyan has had many solo and group art shows all over the U.S. and Europe, and his work has appeared in private and corporate collections in Turkey, Greece, Spain, France, Armenia, Canada, and the U.S.

¡ñ Admission free                      ¡ñ