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In 301 A.D., Armenia became the first nation to adopt Christianity. Commemorating this anniversary 1,700 years later, The Armenians: A Story of Survival, tells the tale of these people. This compelling documentary explores the journey and struggle of the Armenian people – from their humble beginnings near the Middle East through their Christian conversion in 301, their near elimination during the first Genocide of the 20th century to the birth of the Armenian nation.

Production Year : 2001

Duration : 80

Language : English

Ararat

The film within a film in Ararat examines the often-overlooked Armenian holocaust (1915-17) in the Ottoman Empire. The story revolves around Ani (Arsinee Khanjian), an art history professor who is hired as a consultant on Ararat, an epic movie about the genocide being made by an Armenian director (Charles Aznavour). Meanwhile, Ani's 18-year-old son, Raffi, just back from shooting additional footage in Turkey, has a run-in with a customs official (Christopher Plummer) at the Toronto airport.

Director : Atom Egoyan

Production Year : 2002

Duration : 116

Language : English

The Armenian Americans

The Armenian Americans hears voices from a generation invigorated by Armenia’s independent status speak with unprecedented candor about the 1915 Genocide that scattered survivors around the world and the ways in which Armenian American families have tethered this cultural identity for generations to come. The program illuminates a fascinating journey from the top of Mount Ararat to the top of America’s most successful industries in a very personal nostalgic family album.

Production Year : 2000

Duration : 80

Language : English

Images Of The Armenian Spirit

Images of the Armenian Spirit transports the viewer to today’s Republic of Armenia and, through this journey, explores the spirit of what it means to be Armenian. Some of the highlights offered in this documentary include rarely seen photographs of the rescue, by the French, of the Armenian residents of Musa Dagh during the genocide, as well as footage shot undercover in Eastern Turkey showing the devastated areas that were once historic Armenia.

Production Year : 2003

Duration : 80

Language : English

CNN Presents: Scream Bloody Murder

CNN documentary report by veteran Christiane Amanpour about the genocide in the world during the 20th century and focusing on units which tried to fight back.

Director : Christiane Amanpour

Production Year : 2008

Duration : 120

Language : English

1915 I was six years old in Arménie: Virginie-Jija Mesropian

Testimony of Virginie-Jija Mesropian who as a 6 year old child was witness fo the Armenian massacre in 1915. Includes photographs, drawings by Charles Berbérian and historical analyses.

Director : Pierre Anhoury, Claire Mouradian, Charles Berbérian

Production Year : 2007

Language : French

ABC World News Tonight - The Armenian Genocide, 30.4.1999

ABC’s World News Tonight item about the Armenian Genocide. Including archive footage, testimonies, and historians’ commentaries. Presented by journalist Peter Jennings. Broadcasted on April 30th, 1999.

Production Year : 1999

Duration : 5

Language : English

Vahakn Dadrian, Harvard University lecture about the Armenian Genocide, 24.4.2001.

A documentary. Vahakn Dadrian, an acclaimed historian on the Armenian Genocide speaks to Harvard students in 2001 about how the Armenian Genocide was in fact a genocide even though to this day Turkey refuses to acknowledge that and considers the genocide to instead be a civil war. He brings proof and facts about the heinous atrocity convicted against Armenians to prove his theory. He also compares methods of control, isolation, deportation and murder between the Turks and the Nazis.

Production Year : 2001

Duration : 50

Language : English

The Armenian Genocide

Made by Emmy Award-winning producer and director Andrew Goldberg, The Armenian Genocide is the complete story of the first Genocide of the 20th century, when over a million Armenians died at the hands of the Ottoman Turks during WWI. It features interviews with the leading experts in the field, such as Pulitzer Prize-winning author Samantha Power and New-York Times best-selling author Peter Balakian, in addition to rare historical footage and key players of the events. The Armenian Genocide is narrated by actress Julianna Margulies and includes historical narrations by Ed Harris, Natalie Portman, Laura Linney,...

Director : Andrew Goldberg

Production Year : 2005

Duration : 60

Language : Aramaic, English

The Forgotten Genocide

This documentary discusses th first genocide of modern times; the attempt to completely wipe out the Armenian race. The film won critical acclaim, including two Emmys for the writing and production.

Director : J. Michael Hagopian

Production Year : 1975

Duration : 47

Language : English

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