Joe Berlinger's film documentary was produced alongside" The Promise," as his film crew tagged along with the team of the big-budget motion picture released in 2017. Taken together, the two films offer a superb educational package for students to learn about the Armenian Genocide.
The three-part structure of the film (death-denial-depiction) offers:
(1) historical background on World War I, the Ottoman Empire, and the Armenian Genocide;
(2) the phenomenon of what filmmaker Terry George refers to as "a dark, menacing force of denialist mentality" that has built up in over a century; and
(3) the goals of the film artists in the making of "The Promise," which was filmed in Spain, Portugal, and Malta because location filming in Turkey was out of the question.
The documentary includes interviews with Armenian Genocide survivors, scholars, journalists, and the actors and crew members of "The Promise." This is an all-encompassing film documentary that provides the historical background necessary to understand the original historical event, plus an incisive analysis of why the truth was suppressed for over a hundred years.
This film documentary is best when watched in conjunction with viewing "The Promise."
Highly recommended!
The three-part structure of the film (death-denial-depiction) offers:
(1) historical background on World War I, the Ottoman Empire, and the Armenian Genocide;
(2) the phenomenon of what filmmaker Terry George refers to as "a dark, menacing force of denialist mentality" that has built up in over a century; and
(3) the goals of the film artists in the making of "The Promise," which was filmed in Spain, Portugal, and Malta because location filming in Turkey was out of the question.
The documentary includes interviews with Armenian Genocide survivors, scholars, journalists, and the actors and crew members of "The Promise." This is an all-encompassing film documentary that provides the historical background necessary to understand the original historical event, plus an incisive analysis of why the truth was suppressed for over a hundred years.
This film documentary is best when watched in conjunction with viewing "The Promise."
Highly recommended!