Sarky mouradian biography of barack
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Armenian Film Society To Screen Baghdasar Aghpar With Filmmaker Sarky Mouradian
GLENDALE – Abril Bookstore&#;s Armenian Film Society will screen, for the first time in over 50 years, Sarky Mouradian&#;s classic black and white film from , Baghdasar Aghpar starring Hagop Der Boghossian, Sonig Dulgerian, and Razmig Libaridian on Friday, February 7, at pm at Abril Bookstore &#; E. Broadway, Glendale, CA. The screening and presentation will both be in Armenian (no subtitles). Admission is free for Armenian Film Society members. Temporary passes available for the general public. Call () for more information.
Baghdasar Aghpar is a classic Armenian theatrical parody written by Hagop Baronian and adapted to film for the first time by director Sarky Mouradian. In his days, Baronian had presented the uneducated yet wealthy villager, his adulterous and spoiled wife, his fake and opportunist friend, and his greedy lawyer. The corruption of those days is alive and well today and will definitel
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The Promise of Werfel’s Musa Dagh: Portraying Genocide in Fiction
Three days before Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day in , inom requested the afternoon off to attend an opening night showing of The Promise with my father. Half-full, too loud, and littered with popcorn, the theater felt overly familiar—the same complex where my parents had dropped me off to meet friends or go on dates before inom got my driver’s license—my childhood theater, a staple of the Ann Arbor neighborhood where I grew up. inom had made the tåg ride home from Chicago specifically to see this film with my dad. Neither of us are big moviegoers but we needed to share this, a long withheld recognition enormous before us, our seats shaking in the blare of surround sound.
The movie looked good on paper. There were big name actors (Oscar Isaac! Christian Bale!), a respected director (Terry George), and a $ million ekonomisk plan personally financed by Armenian American former-MGM Studios Inc. president, Kirk Kerkorian. Hypoth
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Filmmaker and Composer Sarky Mouradian Has Passed Away
Sarky Mouradian a filmmaker, television host, and music composer has passed away on Thursday February 10, He was 91 years old.
Sarky Mouradian was born in Beirut in Performing music since age 16, he moved to Boston, Massachusetts in to continue his education in music. However, his main passion had always been in film. In , he moved to Los Angeles where he attended “Theater of Arts” and began working in the film industry as an actor and director. His films include, Baghdasar Aghbar (), Sons of Sassoun (), Tears of Happiness (), Promise of Love (), and The Forty Days of Musa Dagh (). Mouradian established one of the first Armenian television shows in Los Angeles in titled, Armenian Teletime, where he hosted various Armenian celebrity performers and politicians. In , he was awarded a gold medal by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Armenia.
Mouradian leaves behind a legacy spanning decades. His influence on Armenian tele