| The Armenian Genocide | |
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| Directed by | Andrew Goldberg |
| Produced by | Andrew Goldberg Oregon Public Broadcasting |
| Written by | Andrew Goldberg |
| Release date(s) | April 17, 2006 (USA, PBS premiere) |
| Running time | 60 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Armenian Genocide is a 2006 documentary exploring the accusation that the Ottoman Empire killed 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 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.[1]
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 and Natalie Portman.