The Armenian Cultural Organization and the Near East Foundation will show They Shall Not Perish: The Story of Near East Relief as a part of the 2018 Cleveland Humanities Festival: Health. The screening will be followed by a discussion with Kenneth Ledford, associate professor of history, and Shant Mardirossian, the film’s executive producer.
The event will take place Friday, April 13, at 6:30 p.m. in Tinkham Veale University Center, Ballroom A.
About the film
The documentary details the humanitarian efforts of thousands of Americans who saved a generation of orphans and refugees during the collapse of the Ottoman Empire and the Armenian Genocide.