My Son Shall Be Armenian (2004)

Directed by

Hakob Goudsouzian

Genre

documentary film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 21m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Canadian documentary filmmaker travels to Syria and Armenia with five other members of Montreal's Armenian community. They visit sites of the Armenian genocide to speak with survivors and search for traces of what happened to their families.

somberreflectivepatienthistoricalpersonalgroundedearnestquietly affecting

What happens

My Son Shall Be Armenian (Original French title: Mon fils sera arménien) is a 2004 Canadian documentary by Hagop Goudsouzian, who travels to Armenia and Syria with five other members of Montreal's Armenian community who lost relatives in the Armenian genocide, to speak with survivors. In Syria, Goudsouzian films in Deir ez-Zor, where thousands of Armenians were marched to death. In one scene, he scrapes the soil around a church and discovers the remains of what appears to be a mass grave, scooping up bones, a wedding ring and a bullet. In Armenia, Goudsouzian visits villages that had been renamed for former settlements, finding elders who recount what had occurred to their parents and siblings. My Son Shall Be Armenian incorporates archival photographs and footage from a Hollywood silent movie based on the accounts of one survivor who escaped to the United States during the genocide. Participants in the film include Canadian artist Lousnak and TV host Patrick Masbourian. My Son Shall Be Armenian was produced in French by the National Film Board of Canada. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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