Aurora's Sunrise
- Year
- 2022
- Description
- Reconstructs the life of Aurora Mardiganian, who survived the Armenian genocide but was orphaned and sold into slavery, came to the United States to locate her brother, gained attention from the media with her story, wrote a memoir, and starred in a blockbuster silent film about her life in 1919 that was nearly forgotten.
- Director
- Sahakyan, Inna
- Writer
- Liakhov, Peter; Meyer-Beetz, Kerstin; Sahakyan, Inna
- Producer
- Beetz, Christian; Drazdauskas, Kęstutis; Esrailian, Eric; Hovhannisyan, Vardan; Michailinaitė, Justė; Sahakyan, Inna
- Editor
- Ghazaryan, Ruben
- Production Team
- Bars Media, Gebrueder Beetz Film Production, Artbox, ZDF/Arte, and American Documentary|POV
- Genre
- Documentary
- Language
- Armenian and English with English subtitles
- Media Format
- 1 streaming video (90 min.)
- Type
- Color with black and white and animated sequences
- Additional Content
- A discussion guide and reading list are available.
- Production Notes
- Broadcast on the PBS television series POV on Oct. 23, 2023.
- Updated
- 12-06-2023
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