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The Armenian Genocide
5.8 / 10• 2005• 57m•NR• French
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Storyline
More than one million Armenians perished between 1915 and 1916 in massacres or brutal deportation programs. Turkey still denies it ever happened. Laurence Jourdan examines massacres of Armenians in the decades leading up to the mass murder, and the geopolitical situation both before and after the genocide. Contemporaneous reports and documents written by Western diplomats stationed in the Ottoman Empire describe the methods used and the deportation routes. These accounts are mixed with personal stories from the living survivors and archive footage from Ottoman authorities.
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Laurence Jourdan's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Armenian Genocide is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
