USC Institute of Armenian Studies Honors the Institute

Carla Garapedian, filmmaker and a member of the Board of Directors of the Armenian Film Foundation.

Rose Garjian, a survivor of the Armenian Genocide.

Joanne Hagopian Eknoian, daughter of Armenian Film Foundation co-founder J. Michael Hagopian.

Mischa Wegner, son of humanitarian Armin T. Wegner.

Stephen D. Smith, Executive Director, USC Shoah Foundation Institute.

The USC Institute of Armenian Studies held a gala banquet on April 15 to honor the Institute for championing the Armenian Genocide Digitization Project, which aims to digitally preserve all existing eyewitness testimony related to the genocide. The Armenian Film Foundation’s interviews will be the first collection in the project. press release

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