Movie Details
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Two Cats Productions
The Armenian Genocide (2006)
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Plot
The Armenian Genocide is a 2006 television documentary is a film exploring the Ottoman Empire killings of more than one million Armenians during World War I The documentary was broadcast by most 348 PBS affiliate stations on April 17 2006 Because of the controversial nature of the subject in Turkey PBS attempted to give both sides a voice and produced a four expert panel discussion to be aired immediately afterwards However due to an intense lobbying effort by Armenian groups and some members of Congress the followup panel discussion was cancelled on a third of those stations broadcasting the documentary over concerns of offending human rights groups and the descendants of Armenian Genocide survivors Produced in conjunction with Oregon Public Broadcasting it was written and directed by Andrew Goldberg and narrated by Hollywood celebrities Orlando Bloom Ed Harris Laura Linney Jared Leto Julianna Margulies and Natalie Portman
