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The Armenian Genocide is a 2006 television documentary film exploring the Ottoman Empire killings of more than one million Armenians during World War I.The documentary was broadcast by most 348 PBS affiliate stations on April 17, 2006.
Michael Daly of The Daily Beast contrasted the film with The Ottoman Lieutenant, a Turkish-backed film which he said expresses a distorted view of the Armenian genocide. [36] Cara Buckley of The New York Times wrote that, due to similarities of some plot points, The Ottoman Lieutenant had "uncanny parallels" to The Promise .
The film shows young Armenian girls being "crucified" by being nailed to crosses. However, almost 70 years later, Mardiganian revealed to film historian Anthony Slide that the scene was inaccurate: The Turks didn't make their crosses like that. The Turks made little pointed crosses. They took the clothes off the girls.
The film could not be shot in Turkey or at the real Mount Ararat because of Turkey's denial of the genocide. [9] The film was made prior to the Parliament of Canada voting to recognize the Armenian genocide in 2004. [10] Egoyan said it was more important that the Turkish government accept the truth. [11]
Exactly 100 years after the Armenian genocide committed within the Ottoman Empire, a director (Simon Abkarian) is staging a play at the historic Los Angeles Theatre to honor the victims of the massacre. The play stars his enigmatic wife (Angela Sarafyan) as an Armenian woman in 1915 who must make a tragic and controversial decision that will ...
They Shall Not Perish: The Story of Near East Relief is a film about Near East Relief (NER)'s efforts to counter the Armenian genocide. Shant Mardirossian, the chairperson emeritus of the organization, produced it, [1] doing so through the company Acorne Productions. The writer and director is George Billard. Victor Garber serves as the ...
The Armenian Genocide (film) Aurora's Sunrise; B. Back to Ararat; C. The Cut (2014 drama film) F. The Forty Days of Musa Dagh (film) I.
Orphans of the Genocide (Armenian: Ցեղասպանության որբերը), is a 2013 television film written and directed by American-Armenian filmmaker Bared Maronian. Filmed was premiered in 2015 at the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide. The heroes of the film who tell their stories are the descendants of the genocide survivors. [2]