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The Armenian Genocide

The Armenian Genocide

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 22, 2005

Runtime

0h 57m

Genres

Documentary, History, War

User Score

58%

Original Title

Le Génocide arménien

Production Companies

ARTE, CPB Films

Director

Laurence Jourdan

Description

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.