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Intent to Destroy: Death, Denial & Depiction

Intent to Destroy: Death, Denial & Depiction

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Intent to Destroy: Death, Denial & Depiction

2017

1h 55m

4.8(4 votes)

Documentary

Overview

INTENT TO DESTROY embeds with a historic feature production as a springboard to explore the violent history of the Armenian Genocide and legacy of Turkish suppression and denial over the past century.

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3 members

Directing

Terry George

Self

Terry George

Acting

Eric Bogosian

Self

Eric Bogosian

Acting

Kevork Malikyan

Self

Kevork Malikyan

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