2024 | Armenia, United States of America | Documentary

THERE WAS, THERE WAS NOT

  • Armenian - 94 mins
  • Director | Emily Mkrtichian
  • Writer | Emily Mkrtichian
  • Producer | Brock Williams, Mara Adina

STATUS: Released

This film is currently not available.   

Armenian fairy tales often start with the same sentence, “There was, there was not,” suggesting an existence that is as present as it is absent. In the Republic of Artsakh, four women live their lives in the shadowy twilight of war and peace, past and present, remembrance and oblivion. Each chooses her own way to fight for a land that they dearly love but risk losing.

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