VOICES FROM THE LAKE: A film about the secret genocide

Written and directed by J. Michael Hagopian

Twenty-five years in research ad production, the first feature-length documentary film on the Armenian genocide focuses on the day-today tragedy unfolding in Kharpert-Mezreh, one among 4000 towns and villages of the former Ottoman empire in 1915, where monumental forces were unleashes by a policy of annihilation.

The global humanitarian dimensions of the cataclysmic event are recorded by eyewitness accounts of American and European officials, missionaries, and educators, and by Armenian survivors. These are revealed for the first time through censored reports, classified documents and hidden diaries. Amazingly, scratched-out journals have been decoded with the help of modern digital technology. (83 minutes)

Film Credits
Narrator: Carla Garapedian
Executive producers: Walter Karabian and J. Michael Hagopian
Photographer and editor: J. Michael Hagopian
Original music: John Bilezikjian
Associate producer: Barbara Gilmore
Executive Producers: Walter Karabian, Varkes Yeghiayan, and J. Michael Hagopian
Cinematography and Editing: J. Michael Hagopian
Associate producer and assistant editor: Barbara Gilmore
Production consultants: Carla Garapedian and Glenn Farr
Historical Consultants: Ara Sarafian and Taner Akçam
Research: Sarkis Karayan, Zaven Khatchaturian, Tamar Mashigian
Sound Supervisor: Richard McCurdy, M.P.S.E.
Negative Cutter: Brian Ralph
Additional Music: Winds of Passion

Armenian Film Foundation