The Armenian Genocide
★ 7 · 2006 · 57m · Documentary · History
Explores the Ottoman Empire killings of more than one million Armenians during World War I. The film describes not only what happened before, during and since World War I, but also takes a direct look at the genocide denial maintained by Turkey to the present day.
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