Intent to Destroy

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Intent to Destroy

2017,

1h 55m,

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Filmmaker Joe Berlinger meets with historians and scholars to discuss the Armenian Genocide by exploring the tangled web of responsibility that has driven a century of denial by the Turkish government and its strategic allies.

Walter V. Addiego

San Francisco Chronicle

Jan 11, 2018

3/4

The film deserves viewing, especially by those unfamiliar with this series of horrific events.

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Peter Debruge

Variety

Nov 11, 2017

Delivers a lucid, elegant (insofar as that is possible) and reasonably level-headed analysis of the issues that have clouded conversation around the Armenian Genocide.

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Matt Fagerholm

RogerEbert.com

Nov 10, 2017

2.5/4

A sporadically successful indictment of how U.S. policy has been synonymous with alternative facts.

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Sherilyn Connelly

SF Weekly

Jan 12, 2018

Intent to Destroy may not inspire many people to watch The Promise - which is currently streamable on Amazon - but at least The Promise allowed Intent to Destroy to be made.

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Daniel Eagan

Film Journal International

Nov 15, 2017

Intent to Destroy goes well beyond the genre to build a terse, infuriating case against a monstrous injustice, one with frightening relevance to events today.

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Joe Bendel

Epoch Times

Nov 10, 2017

3.5/5

There is quite a bit of fascinating history and timely exposures of human rights violations.

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George S

May 6, 2018

horrific and chilling! I just saw it today on Starz

Harry R

Feb 21, 2018

I just got home from seeing this movie. Powerful, sad, depressing hopeless...and yet the Armenian people are hopeful people, raising families, excelling in the arts, sciences, business, and continuing to push for recognition that the 1.5 million killed in 1915 were victims not of World War 1, but of a thoughtful, planned, effort to exterminate the entire race...genocide. It is a period in history that is rarely taught, I highly encourage anyone who has the slightest interest in learning something new to see this film.

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Albus R

Nov 13, 2017

Great documentary. It's worth seeing it. I saw it today.

Kylo S

Nov 9, 2017

Excellent documentary - well worth the watch

Leia W

Nov 9, 2017

A must see for ANYONE who believes in truth and wants to know about one of the greatest unpunished crimes of the 20th century stilll being denied today.

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Theodore G

Nov 8, 2017

"Intent to Destroy" is a seminal documentary on the Armenian Genocide and continued Turkish government-sponsored denial; a film directed by one of the foremost documentary filmmakers of the current era, Joe Berlinger. This film is a must-see for university and high school students throughout the globe, and for all who care about the prevention and punishment of crimes against humanity, war crimes, and genocidal atrocities occuring presently.

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Synopsis

Filmmaker Joe Berlinger meets with historians and scholars to discuss the Armenian Genocide by exploring the tangled web of responsibility that has driven a century of denial by the Turkish government and its strategic allies.

Director: Joe Berlinger
Producer: Joe Berlinger, Eric Esrailian, Chip Rosenbloom
Screenwriter: Joe Berlinger, Cy Christiansen
Distributor: Abramorama
Production Co: Third Eye Motion Picture Company, Survival Pictures
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 10, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 2, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA): $13.2K
Runtime: 1h 55m

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