Cummings Foundation Grant Recipient

Nişo's Flute Documentary Screening ~ Thursday, February 6, 2025 ~ In-Person (St. Leon Armenian Church) and on Zoom

Ara Dinkjian Ayda Erbal Justice Armenia Murat Nişan NAASR Nişo's Flute Sedat Kiran St. Leon Armenian Church

Thursday, February 6, 2025 at 7:30 PM EST

St. Leon Armenian Church, Abajian Hall, 12-61 Saddle River Road, Fair Lawn, NJ

Please click here to register for in-person or online attendance AND purchase tickets for $10.

FEATURED SPEAKERS:

Sedat Kiran, director of Nişo's Flute. 

Ara Dinkjian, musician and composer.

Murat Nişan, actor. 

Ayda Erbal, artist and scholar.

 

Nişo's Flute tells the moving story of two artists, Nishan Dikran (Master Nişo), an Armenian craftsman of wind instruments who returns to Diyarbakir after surviving the Armenian Genocide, and Zülfü Yokuş (Zilfo), a renowned Kurdish kaval player.
The screening will be followed by a presentation by Ara Dinkjian and a Q&A session with Sedat Kiran, who will join via Zoom from Turkey and Murat Nişan (Master Nişo son). Ayda Erbal (New York University) will moderate the discussion. The film is in Turkish and Kurdish with English subtitles and a run time of 61 minutes. A reception will follow the discussion.

CO-SPONSORS:

Justice Armenia

St. Leon Armenian Church

NAASR


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