What an email!
I just wanted to share this one email with all of you. I used to have a lot of stuff printed at this printing house in Pennsylvania for ANCA related work, and my contact there learned a lot from just printing the materials. It's amazing what impact you can have on people in your daily life. I never met this woman in person, but just a few phone conversations apparently went a long way. Here's what she had to say:
Hi Arsineh,
I hope this e-mail find you well and that you are able to make a difference in Armenia.
Think I finally found one little thing I could do to help since this was on my mind so much. I got the movie Hotel Rwanda and was just amazed by how moving it is. I have sent that movie to Texas and they have returned it, to Virginia and it has been returned. To six people in my own office so far. Everyone comes back and says "What a strong movie this is." I always make sure to tell them that genocide still exists in our world today and the reason I am passing around the movie is to make people aware of what is happening now.
Just wanted to share that with you since you are the person who made me aware of this.
Stay safe,
Brenda
(Beard Printing)
Hi Arsineh,
I hope this e-mail find you well and that you are able to make a difference in Armenia.
Think I finally found one little thing I could do to help since this was on my mind so much. I got the movie Hotel Rwanda and was just amazed by how moving it is. I have sent that movie to Texas and they have returned it, to Virginia and it has been returned. To six people in my own office so far. Everyone comes back and says "What a strong movie this is." I always make sure to tell them that genocide still exists in our world today and the reason I am passing around the movie is to make people aware of what is happening now.
Just wanted to share that with you since you are the person who made me aware of this.
Stay safe,
Brenda
(Beard Printing)
posted by Arsineh at 8:57 PM
5 Comments:
Well done girlfriend! It is all about educating and inspiring people in this world and through example. Your commitment to genocide recognition and the fact that you were following your path has left an impact on this woman. So - not only are you pretty but you are an inspiration too! Hats off to all people who have a goal and a passion in life.
Yes, "Hotel Rwanda" is a very moving moving picture. I feel a bit upset sometimes that there still isn't a good, compelling film out there on the Armenian Genocide, but I'm sure we'll get one ready sooner or later.
Nareg, please watch Henri Verneuil's film "Mayrig."
Well, Mr. E, "Mayrig" is okay, I guess... But, I don't know, it didn't move me that much. It was more about an emigre family trying to settle in France, about a young man growing up, than the Armenian Genocide. And Part 2 is just dull, dull... I always felt a film about Gomidas is loooong overdue. It's the sort of story that doesn't even need any extra dramatisation, it's all there. But it has to be done well, Soghomon Soghomonyan must be treated justly.
I agree nareg. Where are all the aspiring Armenian producers and screenwriters? We have so much history and culture we can relay cinematically or incorporate in film - how's this industry in Armenia these days anyway???
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