J. Michael Hagopian, a twice Emmy Award-nominated filmmaker whose 70 documentaries on the Armenian Genocide won more than 160 awards, has died. He was 97. <\/p>\n
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Hagopian, a survivor of the genocide that killed an estimated 1.5 million people in Turkey from 1915-23, died Friday of natural causes at his home in Thousand Oak, reports the Los Angeles Daily News.<\/p>\n
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Hagopian filmed nearly 400 interviews of survivors and witnesses to the genocide from around the world, and made 17 documentaries about Armenian heritage, culture and history. <\/p>\n
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Hagopian received two Emmy nominations in 1976 for “The Forgotten Genocide.” His last film in a trilogy on the genocide, “The River Ran Red,” won Best International Historical Documentary at the Amnesty International Film Festival in November and at the New York International Film & Video Festival in 2009. <\/p>\n
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“Through his life and career, Dr. J. Michael Hagopian is proof that a single person can change humankind’s understanding of itself,” Los Angeles City Councilman Paul Krekorian said in remarks made several months ago at a commemoration for Hagopian. “He is proof that we can rise above intolerance and ensure future generations are armed with the information needed to combat bigotry in all forms.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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