Armenian Genocide and Sexual Violence: Survival and Testimony

When mass crimes are committed, women's bodies are the focus of major concern, while the sexual violence they endure is most often suppressed, hidden and ignored. But how to survive? How, and at what cost, can people testify about these horrors?

Women*Middle East

Wednesday 15 March

17:00

Espace Pitoëff - Théâtre

sold out - in case of cancellation, tickets will be put back on sale before the screening

In presence of the filmmaker (videoconference)

English / French

In partnership with the Centre d’étude, de technique et d’évaluation législatives of the law faculty of the University of Geneva, and the Académie de droit international humanitaire et de droits humains

Speakers

Inna Sahakyan Director of the film "Aurora's Sunrise"

Moderated by

Sévane Garibian Professor, Faculty of Law, UNIGE

This debat is preceded by the movie:

Competition - Creative documentaries

Aurora's Sunrise

By Inna Sahakyan

The Ottoman Empire, 1915. Aurora is 14 years old when her life and that of an entire people turns to horror: massacres, sexual assaults, slavery, forced exile... From the Ottoman Empire to New York, the teenager is propelled onto the Hollywood scene where her story is the subject of a famous film, Souls for Sale. Filmmaker Inna Sahakyan's documentary is interspersed with animation, archive footage and interviews with Aurora Mardiganian. "Aurora's Sunrise" relates a tragic event in contemporary Armenian history by chronicling the personal journey of Aurora, one of the survivors of the genocide.