My Son Shall Be Armenian

My Son Shall Be Armenian
My Son Shall Be Armenian
Directed by Hagop Goudsouzian
Produced by Yves Bisaillon
Written by Hagop Goudsouzian
Georgette Duchaine
Narrated by Hagop Goudsouzian
Music by Ararat Petrossian
Cinematography Alberto Feio
Editing by André Corriveau
Studio National Film Board of Canada
Release date(s) 2004
Running time 80 min 43 s
Country Canada
Language French

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.[1]

In Syria, Goudsouzian films in Deir ez-Zor, where thousands of Armenians were said to have been killed. 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.[2]

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.[2] Participants in the film include Canadian TV host Patrick Masbourian.[3][4]

My Son Shall Be Armenian was produced in French by the National Film Board of Canada.

References

  1. ^ Smith, Joanna (Apr 06 2009). "Filmmaker confronts bitter cultural legacy". Toronto Star. http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/614225. Retrieved 11 January 2010. 
  2. ^ a b Skrypuch, Marsha (March 3, 2006). "My Son Shall Be Armenian". Canadian Materials (Winnipeg: Manitoba Library Association) XII (13). ISSN 1201-9364. http://www.umanitoba.ca/cm/vol12/no13/mysonshallbearemenian.html. 
  3. ^ "LES RENDEZ-VOUS DU CINÉMA QUÉBÉCOIS". Montreal Film Journal. 2005. http://www.montrealfilmjournal.com/article.asp?A=A0000091. Retrieved 11 January 2010. 
  4. ^ Couillard, Claude. "MON FILS SERA ARMÉNIEN" (in French). Guide culturel (Montreal: Radio Canada). http://www.radio-canada.ca/culture/modele-document.asp?section=cinema&idEntite=2203. Retrieved 11 January 2010. 

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