YEREVAN, MARCH 29, ARMENPRESS. As more and more people learn about The Promise film, they will also uncover and learn about the tragic events that transpired in Turkey in 1915, Christopher Atamian and Haykaram Nahapetyan published an article in The Huffington Post, by trying to present why every American should see the Armenian Genocide themed movie.

The authors says in 1915-1923 the Ottoman government slaughtered 3 million innocent Christians living within its borders, including 1,5 million Armenians. But till now Turks continue denying what had happened, stating that it was simply “a deportation of treacherous Armenians”.

Although previously there had been attempts to shot a film on the Armenian Genocide, such as the film based on Franz Werfel’s best-selling novel “The 40 Days of Musa Dagh”, however it was stopped by the interference of the Turkish side.

Fast-forward some eighty years later to 2015 and the release of the $100 million blockbuster film “The Promise,” financed entirely by the late Armenian-American billionaire Kirk Kerkorian.

“In Turkey, for example, it is still an insult to call a someone an Armenian. As one American who works in a large Turkish conglomerate recently explained:  “Very few people in Turkey really care about people who are not ethnically Turkish.... And most Turks don’t give a fig about democracy. They know full well what happened to the Armenians in 1915 and they simply don’t care. You have to stop comparing Turkey to Western countries where civil society and governments consider human rights and tolerance as positive values. In Turkey these things are often seen as signs of weakness.” ‘What can one do to fight state-sponsored denialism, and how can one help to affect change? In solidarity with the victims of all genocides—Armenians included—and in support of basic human rights and dignity, every American should go out and see The Promise when it is released on April 21st”, the authors write.

They call on their friends and colleagues to watch the film online, with a hope that this time the Turkish attempts to deny the Armenian Genocide will go down in unceremonious flames.