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1.5 million victims. 450,000 survivors.

The Promise tells the story of the Armenian Genocide, which took place from 1915-1922, marking the beginning of 100 years of modern genocides. It launched the world into a cycle of violence and denial that has resulted in millions of lives lost, and entire people groups destroyed.

Injustice is only enabled by silence, and this has played out in horrific ways over the past 100 years. Many times over, justice has lost to silence. So let’s start speaking up. Tell the world about the Armenian Genocide, and every genocide taking place across the globe.

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#KeepthePromise

Join the campaign to #KeepThePromise and use your voice to speak out against injustice like genocide and other human rights violations.

  • The term “genocide” was created by Raphael Lemkin to describe the enormous crime perpetrated against the Armenian people in 1915.

  • The Armenian Genocide has gone largely unacknowledged for 100 years. Join us today and promise to never stay silent in the face of injustice.

  • The Promise is the first feature film to tell the story of the Armenian Genocide. All proceeds go directly to NGOs fighting genocide and injustice around the world today.

August 3, 2017

Letter from Terry George: The Stories We Tell Are Important

It’s been 100 years since the Armenian Genocide, but we are still rescuing refugees out of the Mediterranean. Have circumstances really changed so little? When we made “The Promise,” we understood that we had to do more than tell a story—we had to actively support human rights and make a difference that would be felt. […]

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