15 Dec 2020
Sanctuary Is Sacred
A homeless man searches for a safe place on a cold winter night.
Taniel
What do we care if life is dying, when the dream is immortal
"Taniel" looks at the last months of poet Taniel Varoujan's life, who was murdered in the Armenian Genocide of 1915. The film's narrative is heard in poetry and seen through Film Noir images.
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Sean Bean Poetry Narrator
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