Intent to Destroy

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Intent to Destroy

Released Nov 10, 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

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

Rated: 3/4

Jan 11, 2018

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Peter Debruge

Variety

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.

Nov 11, 2017

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Matt Fagerholm

RogerEbert.com

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

Rated: 2.5/4

Nov 10, 2017

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Sherilyn Connelly

SF Weekly

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.

Jan 12, 2018

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Daniel Eagan

Film Journal International

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.

Nov 15, 2017

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Joe Bendel

Epoch Times

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

Rated: 3.5/5

Nov 10, 2017

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Audience Member

An important topic and I learned a lot. Just the way it was made wasn't to my liking necessarily.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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horrific and chilling! I just saw it today on Starz

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/15/23

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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.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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Audience Member

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

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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Excellent documentary - well worth the watch

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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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.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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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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