The Armenian Genocide (film)

The Armenian Genocide
Theatrical release poster
Written by	Andrew Goldberg
Directed by	Andrew Goldberg
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producers	Andrew Goldberg Oregon Public Broadcasting
Running time	60 minutes
Original release
Network	PBS
Release	April 17, 2006 (2006-04-17)

The Armenian Genocide is a 2006 television documentary 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.^[1]

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 follow-up 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.^[2]

Produced in conjunction with Oregon Public Broadcasting, it was written and directed by Andrew Goldberg (who also directed The Armenians: A Story of Survival) and narrated by Hollywood celebrities Orlando Bloom, Ed Harris, Laura Linney, Jared Leto, Julianna Margulies, Paul Rudd and Natalie Portman.

See also

• Armenian genocide in culture
• List of American films of 2006

Notes

1. Cook, Linda (19 March 2015). "'Armenian Genocide' disturbing, but needs to be seen". The Quad-City Times.
2. Alessandra Stanley, A PBS Documentary Makes Its Case for the Armenian Genocide, With or Without a Debate, The New York Times, April 17, 2006, Accessed April 17, 2006

External links

• Armenian Genocide, Two Cats Productions Archived 2015-02-18 at the Wayback Machine
• The Armenian Genocide at IMDb