Film about the Persitz family is publicly available now«The Saga of the Persians» film was first presented at our current exhibition in Gallery 9B
and is now available to everyone via
link. Interesting video work involving unique photos
and frames, talking about the founder of the Nizhny Novgorod oil-and-fat plant merchant
Zelik Persitz and his descendants, about the multifaceted activity of the Persians in
commerce, education and culture of Russia at the turn of the 19th - 20th centuries. Director
Evgeny Strelkov, screenwriter Dmitry Makarov, cameraman Dmitry Khazan, composer
Igor Stravinsky.
The film was created by the studio «Airship» (Nizhny Novgorod) with the support of the
Nizhny Novgorod oil-fat plant, the Russian Jewish Congress and the Fund «Cultural
capital of the Volga region».
Date of publication: September, 27