An animated documentary based on the life of Arshaluys “Aurora” Mardiganian (1901—1994). It also includes interviews with Mardiganian and surviving fragments of the 1919 silent film Auction of Souls.
Here’s a bit of info that appeared in the end titles: it was not until 2021 that the United States recognised the the massacre of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire as genocide. Is it correct? I looked it up: yes, correct. Worse still: neither UK nor Spain, as sovereign nations, are there yet, although the parliaments of Scotland, Wales and six Spanish autonomous communities have recognised the Armenian genocide.
Aurora’s Sunrise was the last film of the cycle Tiempo de memoria, memoria en el tiempo, organised by Instituto Canario de Desarrollo Cultural (ICDC), the only one that I’ve seen. Before the screening, the Canarian flautist Cristian Suárez played three short pieces in memory of the war victims.
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