Voices from the Lake: A film about the Secret Genocide

84 minutes

Source: Armenian Film Foundation

This feature-length documentary film on the Armenian genocide focuses on the day-to-day tragedy that unfolded in Kharpert-Mezreh, one among 4,000 towns and villages of the former Ottoman empire in 1915, where monumental forces were unleashed by a policy of annihilation. The story is captured through eyewitness accounts by American and European officials, missionaries, educators, and Armenian survivors, as well as by little-known documents and diaries. This film is very useful in creating an understanding of the impact of the genocide on individuals and on a particular community.