Free Screening & Panel: Intent to Destroy - feat. Atom Egoyan

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Showings

Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema Sun, Apr 22, 2018 7:00 PM
Film Info
Runtime:115 min
Country Listing:USA
Rating:Not yet rated (STC)
Cinema Extra
Featuring:Terry George
Christian Bale
Festival Info
Festival Year:2017
Cast/Crew Info
Director(s):Joe Berlinger

Description

On Armenian Genocide Commemoration Day, join us for a free screening and panel discussion on achieving justice in the aftermath of atrocity. In the Hot Docs hit Intent to Destroy, documentary legend Joe Berlinger immerses himself on the film set of Terry George’s epic The Promise (starring Christian Bale), the first mainstream film about the 1915 Armenian Genocide. Using this behind the scenes experience to explore the history and reality of the massacre, Berlinger exposes the tangled web of responsibility that has driven a century of denial by the Turkish government and its allies. Unflinching and timely, this film-within-a-film lays bare the plight of a people, both past and present, still seeking acknowledgement.

Presented by the Mosaic Institute and The Zoryan Institute

Award-winning filmmaker Atom Egoyan, Kizito Musabimana and Dr. Jeremy Maron will participate in a post-screening panel on "Who Defines Justice?" moderated by Vahan Kololian.

Additional Information

Tickets: FREE. Maximum of two per person.

"Indictment of how U.S. policy has been synonymous with alternative facts." – RogerEbert.com

"A terse, infuriating case against a monstrous injustice." – Film Journal International

"Lucid, elegant analysis." – Variety