Film Credits

Episode One Film Credits

VOICE CAST in order of appearance

Dede Krikor: Ken Davitian
Tamar: Samantha Vanian-Green
Young Krikor: Aren Berberian
Perouz (Krikor’s Mother): Peggy Jinbashian
Turkish Soldiers: Norayr Daduryan
Jackie Coogan: Noah Kevoian
Jack Coogan Sr.: Keith Kaczorek

Orphans: Maria Amirghyan ▪︎ Julie Aslanian ▪︎ Christian Arabyan ▪︎ Kristina Atallah ▪︎ Lory Atikian
Jacob Bane ▪︎ Zoey Barsoumian ▪︎ Zabel Espinoza ▪︎ Serouj Hagopian ▪︎ Nareg Hovagimian
Nicole Jester ▪︎ Areen Karaminassian ▪︎ Razmik Mekhjian ▪︎ Emmy Melkonian ▪︎ Leona Orfali
Sarkis Ovoian ▪︎ Lucy Sakarian ▪︎ Michelle Sevajian ▪︎ Mary Tekejian ▪︎ Sarah Toumadjian
Emily Vardanyan ▪︎ Hrayr Wakimian

Armenian Women: Arpi Krikorian ▪︎ Peggy Jinbashian ▪︎ Marcella Iazetta,
Sevan Krikorian ▪︎ Ariana Shishoian

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EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Arpi Krikorian ▪︎ Keith Kaczoreck ▪︎ Michael Q. Ceballos ▪︎ Sedda Antekelian

PRODUCERS
Twiddle Productions Inc. ▪︎ The USC Shoah Foundation

ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS
Sam Ripley ▪︎ Aaron Zarrow

DIRECTOR
Michael Q. Ceballos

THE RED SCARF STORY DEVELOPED BY
Keith Kaczoreck ▪︎ Arpi Krikorian ▪︎ Ridge Hirano ▪︎
Sedda Antekelian ▪︎ Michael Q. Ceballos

STORIES OF ARMENIAN HOPE SERIES DEVELOPED BY
Arpi Krikorian ▪︎ Keith Kaczoreck ▪︎ Michael Q. Ceballos

WRITTEN BY
Keith Kaczoreck

CULTURAL ADVISORS
Sedda Antekelian ▪︎ Arpi Krikorian

ART DIRECTIORS
Michael Q. Ceballos ▪︎ Arpi Krikorian

ANIMATORS
Ridge Hirano ▪︎ Kylie Tamaki ▪︎ Debbie Kwon ▪︎ Kai Lono ▪︎ Michael Q. Ceballos

CGI ANIMATION/DESIGN
Kai Lono

LAYOUT, PAINT & BACKGROUND DESIGN
Maurice F. Morgan

CHARACTER DESIGN
Michael Q. Ceballos ▪︎ Arpi Krikorian

END CREDIT ART DESIGN
Arpi Krikorian

CHARACTER MODELS
Michael Q. Ceballos ▪︎ Ridge Hirano ▪︎ Debbie Kwon ▪︎ Kylie Tamaki

STORYBOARD
Ridge Hirano

EDITING
Twiddle Productions Inc.

TWIDDLE PRODUCTIONS PROJECT MANAGER
Margaret Navarro

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FOR THE USC SHOAH FOUNDATION

DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION
Lesly Culp

SENIOR LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST
Sedda Antekelian

LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST, PRIMARY EDUCATION
Raquel Diaz Serralta

DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS
Kate Canada Obregon

CREATIVE PRODUCER
Sam Ripley
Aaron Zarrow

MARKETING COORDINATOR
Grace Nielsen

FINANCE MANAGERS
Cynthia Schirmer
Zovaira Rodriguez

VOICE CASTING
Arpi Krikorian

Video Documentation
Kiakona Ordonez courtesy of Pohaku Films

AUDIO RECORDED AT
READY MIX Music
Sound Engineer: Paul Horabin
www.ReadtMixMusic.com

AUDIO MIXING
Twiddle Productions Inc.

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HISTORICAL IMAGES - ON SCREEN

Krikor’s Home
Melikian, K.S., Kharpert old fort and the lower district. 1910s. Courtesy of Arra S. Avakian.
Project Save Photograph Archive, Watertown, MA.

Morgan, Jaques De. The History of the Armenian People: From the Remotest Times to the Present Day. Hairenik Associates, Inc., 1965.
Saryan, Martiros. Hayastan. 1923. The National Gallery of Armenia.
www.gallery.am/en/database/item/210/

Krikor’s Album- Kharpert/Harput, Historic Ottoman Empire

Kharpert Roofs. 1910s. Courtesy of Arra S. Avakian.
Project Save Photograph Archive, Watertown, MA.

Map of Evacuations. 1923.
Image courtesy of the Near East Relief Historical Society, Near East Foundation collection,
Rockefeller Archive Center.

Sinamood district, Kharpert. 1910s. Courtesy of Arra S. Avakian.
Project Save Photograph Archive, Watertown, MA.

St. Varvar Church. Marderos Deranian Archives, NAASR, Belmont, MA.

Yeprad (Euphrates) College, Kharpert, Ottoman Empire.1900s.
Courtesy of James Lulejian Melcon. Project Save Photograph Archive, Watertown, MA.

Krikor’s Album- The Armenian Genocide
Deportation of Armenian men from Kharpert, Ottoman Empire. 1915;
Image courtesy of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute.

Mardiganian, Aurora, and H. L. Gates. Ravished Armenia: The Story of Aurora Mardiganian, the Christian Girl, Who Lived Through the Great Massacres. [New York, Kingfield Press, inc, 1918]. Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/19001186/.

“Tales of Armenian Horrors Confirmed.” The New York Times. 27 Sept. 1915, p. 5-6.
The New York Times Archive, https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1915/09/27/105041087.html.

“Armenians Are Sent to Perish In Desert.” The New York Times. 17 Aug. 1915, p. 5.
The New York Times Archive,
https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1915/08/18/106788174.html.

Krikor’s Album- Henry Morgenthau Sr. and the Near East Relief

Betts, Ethel Franklin, and American Committee for Relief in the Near East. “Save the Survivors”. 1918. Cornell University. PJ Mode Collection of Persuasive Cartography. https://digital.library.cornell.edu/catalog/ss:824586.

“Near East Relief Committee Records, 1904-1950.”
The Burke Library Archives, Columbia University Libraries, New York.
https://library.columbia.edu/content/dam/libraryweb/locations/burke/fa/mrl/ldpd_10126110.pdf.

“Morgenthau Intercedes.” The New York Times. 29 April. 1915, p. 2.
The New York Times Archive,
https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1915/04/29/105035651.html.

“Morgenthau Giving Relief.” The New York Times. 6 Oct. 1915, p. 3.
The New York Times Archive,
https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1915/10/06/105041552.html

Krikor’s Album- Jackie Coogan and The Children’s Crusade

Jackie Coogan Papers, Margaret Herrick Library,
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Jackie Coogan Film Coupon. 1922.
Image courtesy of the Near East Relief Historical Society, Near East Foundation collection, Rockefeller Archive Center.

Bundle Day Tags. 1923.
Image courtesy of the Near East Relief Historical Society, Near East Foundation collection, Rockefeller Archive Center.

Jackie Coogan with Miss Jessie Way. 1923
Image courtesy of the Near East Relief Historical Society, Near East Foundation collection, Rockefeller Archive Center.

Jackie Coogan Campaign Advertisement. 1924.
Image courtesy of the Near East Relief Historical Society, Near East Foundation collection, Rockefeller Archive Center.

“Jackie Coogan To Help Relief Fund.”
The Indianapolis Times. 17 Mar. 1924, p. 6. Library of Congress,
https://www.loc.gov/item/sn82015313/1924-03-17/ed-1/.

“Jackie Coogan Is Given Send-Off By Kiwanis Club.”
The Los Angeles Times. 31 July. 1924, p. 9. Los Angeles Times Archives,
https://latimes.newspapers.com/image/380535615/.

“Jackie Begins Relief Tour.”
The Los Angeles Times. 3 Aug. 1924, p. 16. Los Angeles Times Archives,
https://latimes.newspapers.com/image/381461196/.

Krikor’s Album- The Great Fire of Smyrna

Burning Smyrna, September,1922.
Image courtesy of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute Collection.

Coastal Buildings of Smyrna in Smoke, September,1922.
Image courtesy of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute Collection.

Near East Relief: Armenian orphans being enloaded in barges from Constantinople, bound for
Greece. 1915 [1922]. Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2002717995/.

“U.S. Destroyers Rushed To Protect Americans in Smyrna”.
The Evening World. 16 Sept. 1922, p. 2. Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/sn83030193/1922-09-16/ed-1/.

Mordoudack, Alexander. “The Asia Minor Disaster in the American Press of the Time.”
The National Herald, 24 Sept. 2022,
<https://www.thenationalherald.com/the-asia-minor-disaster-in-the-american-press-of-the-time/>.

Kouras, Bill. “On This Day in 1922, the Great Fire of Smyrna Begins.”
Greek City Times, 20 Sept. 2020
https://greekcitytimes.com/2020/09/13/on-this-day-in-1922-the-great-fire-of-smyrna-begins/.
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WE EXTEND OUR HEARTFELT GRATITUDE TO THE INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS LISTED BELOW, WHOSE INVALUABLE ASSISTANCE MADE THIS FILM POSSIBLE.

Sona Viola
Director & Curator, Near East Relief Historical Society

Dr. Paul Allen
Sommerfeld Library of Congress Music Division

Sarah Hayes, Jason Sohigian
Armenian Museum of America - Watertown, MA

Dr. Carla Garapedian
Armenian Film Foundation

Vicken Babkenian
Independent Researcher

Dr. Hayk Demoyan
Historian

Maurice Kelechian
Independent Researcher

Ararat-Eskijian Museum and Research Center

The creators of this film would also like to send a special thank you to the following people:
To Joe, Sosse, and Sevan Krikorian, and my siblings Peggy, Varouj, Ishkhan, and Lena Jinbashians, for their unwavering support. And to my parents, Sarkis and Berjouhie Jinbashian, who raised us never to forget.
— Arpi Krikorian
To my mother, Rose Quesada, who taught me how to draw and be strong, my nephew Justin Ceballos, who showed me how to be brave, and to Bryson Luke, whose friendship, creativity, and spirit of aloha have been part of our journey from the start.
— Michael Q. Ceballos

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THIS FILM IS PART OF

Classroom testimony-based resources for educators and students provided by the USC Shoah Foundation’s Keep The Promise-Armenian Genocide Education program. Please visit https://iwitness.usc.edu/sites/keepthepromise for more information.

This Film is Dedicated to those who lived these stories.
We keep the promise to remember you.
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EPISODE PRODUCED BY TWIDDLE PRODUCTIONS INC. IN ASSOCIATION WITH USC SHOAH FOUNDATION

The Red Scarf: A Story Of Armenian Hope © 2024 Twiddle Productions Inc. In Association With Usc Shoah Foundation.
No Part Of This Film May Be Duplicated Or Distributed Without Written Permission.

SERIES PRODUCED BY ARPI KRIKORIAN STUDIO, TWIDDLE PRODUCTIONS INC., KEITH KACZORECK