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My Son Shall Be Armenian
20041 h 20 min 43 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Hagop Goudsouzian
Production: Yves Bisaillon
Script: Hagop GoudsouzianGeorgette Duchaine
Exploring the question of Armenian identity, My Son Shall Be Armenian follows the initiatory voyage of filmmaker Hagop Goudsouzian, who, accompanied by five Monteal men and women of Armenian origin, returned to the land of his ancestors in search of survivors of the genocide of 1915. Through the moving testimony of those centenarians and the funny and touching accounts of his fellow travellers from the New World, Hagop Goudsouzian has crafted a dignified and poignant film on the need to make peace with the past in order to turn toward the future.
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Subject categories
- Cultural Diversity and Multiculturalism > Arts, Culture and Traditions
- Developing Countries > AsiaMiddle EastWar, Conflict and Peace
- Social Issues > Cultural Communities and Immigration
- History > WarsWorld History
- Diversity > Identity
Credits
- participation
- Lousnak Abdalian
- Martine Batani
- Gabriella Djerrahian
- Arudz Goudsouzian
- Patrick Masbourian
- Garo Shamlian
- Mariam Avoyan
- Manoushag Der Stepanian
- Gulenia Dzerouni
- Hagop Khayalyan
- Movsess Makhoulian
- director
- Hagop Goudsouzian
- researcher
- Hagop Goudsouzian
- script
- Hagop Goudsouzian
- Georgette Duchaine
- director of photography
- Alberto Feio
- supplementary footage
- Lousnak Abdalian
- Martine Batani
- Gabriella Djerrahian
- Garo Shamlian
- stills photography
- Patrick Masbourian
- Hagop Goudsouzian
- Jean-Denis Daoust
- sound
- Jean-Denis Daoust
- editing
- André Corriveau
- narration script
- Michel Langlois
- sound editing
- Leopoldo Gutierrez
- sound editing - assistance
- Louis Desparois
- production manager
- Jelena Popovic
- Sylvie Lapointe
- production assistant
- Laurent Peyre
- location consultant
- Nubar Goudsouzian
- Verjine Svazlian
- interpreter
- Arpi Avetisyan
- Suzanna Haroutiunyan
- guide
- Edik Hovhannissyan
- Haroutiune Donoyan
- Ludwig Malkassyan
- Gagik Garabedyan
- Hrach Avetisyan
- narration
- Hagop Goudsouzian
- voice director
- Kathleen Fee
- narration recording
- Geoffrey Mitchell
- foley artist
- Stéphane Cadotte
- foley assistant
- Antonio Mari
- traditional music
- Ararat Petrossian
- musician
- Ararat Petrossian
- Anahit Isagulyan
- traditional song
- Anait Koutsouzian
- consultant
- Houshang Hassan-Yari
- Raymond H. Kévorkian
- Levon Marashlian
- Lorne Shirinian
- translation
- Grégoire Goudsouzian
- Nourhan Ouzounian
- Anrà Médiatexte
- technical support - editing
- Martine Forget
- Martine Chamberland
- online editing
- Sylvain Desbiens
- Denis Gathelier
- re-recording
- Serge Boivin
- Jean Paul Vialard
- computer graphics
- Louise Overy
- animation camera
- Pierre Landry
- titles
- Gaspard Gaudreau
- archival research
- Jelena Popovic
- marketing officer
- David Boisclair
- administrator
- Denise DesLauriers
- administrative team
- Hélène Regimbal
- Lise Lévesque
- Marie-Josée Lavoie
- technical coordinator
- Jean-François Laprise
- Brigitte Sénéchal
- line production
- Christian Medawar
- executive producer
- Yves Bisaillon
- producer
- Yves Bisaillon
Awards
- Honorable Mention - Category: Humanities International Film and Video Festival