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Why the World Needs ‘The Promise’

By Slewo Oshana Much digital ink has been spilled over the recent release of "The Promise" and the attempts by trolls of Turkish origin to bury the film in a sea of bad reviews. Now whether the film is bad or good is ultimately up to the eye of the beholder; however, it is a film that needs to exist. The Armenian Genocide that occurred at the hands of the Ottoman Empire i

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  1. Yes, The Promise is beginning like previous movies long time ago, but we don’t have power over hollywood. I think we should other ways to do about Armenian Genocide 1915 movies. Because the admitting this barbaric action from turkey movies is not enough , goverment official should take action , we are not getting them , we don’t have oil, we don’t have money , we don’t have other sources so turn things over way. Global capitalism money talks , not movies. especially in USA people goes to money spent lots of money with popcorn to see violent like turks did, movie maker , producer , editor if dare make movies to show barbaric turkish actions in 1915. But to do this it is easy to say , because we don’t nobody at hollywood…on our side.

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