They Shall Not Perish
They Shall Not Perish: The Story of Near East Relief is a film about Near [East Relief] 's efforts to counter the Armenian genocide. Shant Mardirossian, the chairperson emeritus of the organization, produced it, doing so through the company Acorne Productions. The writer and director is George Billard. Victor Garber serves as the narrator. A slogan on a NER fundraising poster was used for the film's name.
The film was first aired in the Scottish Rite Masonic Museum in Lexington, Massachusetts on October 13, 2017. On January 1, 2018 it was released on Netflix.
Cast
- Andrea Martin as Baidzar Bakalian
- Tony Shalhoub as Karnig Parnian
- Ron Rifkin as Henry Morgenthau
- Kathleen Chalfant as Dr. Mabel Elliott
- Dariush Kashani as George Mardikian
- Michael Aronov as Leslie A. Davis
- Kara Vedder as Nellie Miller Mann