Yerevan hosted "Prior to the Auction of Souls" graphic novel presentationApril 20, 2009 - 18:43 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Yerevan hosted a presentation of "Prior to the Auction of Souls" graphic novel, revealing the young girl's survival story and giving detailed account of the terrible experiences she endured during the Armenian Genocide.In 1918, at Metro Goldwin Mayer studio, director Oscar Apfel made a silent film "Auction of Souls", which actually became the first genocide movie ever made. The silent movie was based on the published memoirs of a survivor. More than 10.000 Armenian residents of Southern California, including 200 deported children, participated in the scenes. The film is especially remarkable due to the fact that Arshaluys Mardiganian, the author of the original book in Armenian, played the leading role. Tigran Mangasaryan's artwork is simply another adaptation of the memoirs. The publication was dated to the 90th anniversary of the movie. According to editor, publisher and sponsor Sosy Kevonian, the book was published in English to raise Armenian Genocide awareness among foreign readers. Top stories Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. Partner news | Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. Ruling MPs, Foreign Minister talk Armenia-Azerbaijan processes MOs from the ruling Civil Contract party met with the Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in the Armenian parliament. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. |