Ravished Armenia (1919)

A Hollywood biographical film about a survivors experience of the Armenian Genocide Arshaluys Aurora Mardiganian plays herself in the film which is based on her published memoirs It is thought to be the first film about made about genocide All known complete copies of the film have been lost A restored and edited 24minute segment of the historic motion picture was released in 2009 by the Armenian Genocide Resource Center of Northern California It is based on a rare surviving reel of film edited in Soviet Armenia