Yura Movsisyan holds private screening of Armenian Genocide movie, The Promise

Armenian national football squad former player and Real Salt Lake (USA) forward Yura Movsisyan hosted the club at a private screening of The Promise, a movie about Armenian Genocide, informed the website of this club.

“We’re a fighting nation. We’re a nation that survived a genocide,” the Armenian player said after the screening of the film. “With the worldwide release of The Promise, it’s finally a big movie about the reality of the genocide that happened 102 years ago. Everybody has heard and read some stuff, but this is an opportunity for everybody to actually see the reality.  It’s definitely special because us, Armenians, have always fought to get it recognized.  It’s every Armenian’s duty to let it be known.

“It’s been 102 years that half of the world hasn’t recognized the genocide. We’re still fighting for it.  We didn’t just move on – we’re always going to fight. I always had to fight to reach the level that I’ve reached in life. 

“Any Armenian who meets a fellow Armenian, no matter where in the world, you become close. You just have that very warm, welcoming reaction. We only had ourselves to protect each other and everybody is part of that lineage. We are the grandchildren or great-grandchildren of genocide survivors, or of people that were killed.”

The Promise has hit the screens worldwide on April 21.

This film has been at the focus of world movie lovers, for the past several months.