Boston will host the US premiere of a documentary film on the Armenian Genocide on October 28. The world premiere of ‘Voyage to Amasia’ by Randy Bell and Eric Hachikian was held in Toronto last December and received the Best Documentary Prize. Earlier it was also screened at various international festivals, including the 2012 Golden Apricot International Film Festival in Yerevan, News.am reports
The film depicts Eric Hachikian’s return to his ancestors' home in Amasia, Turkey, about 100 years after his grandmother Helen Shushan was deported during the Armenian Genocide.
The screening is organized by the Armenian Library and the Museum of America, the Friends of Armenian Culture Society, the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research, and the Armenian Cultural Foundation. Admission is free and open to the public.
