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  • 2017
  • PG-13
  • GathrFilms
  • 1 h 55 m
  • 2017
  • PG-13
  • GathrFilms
  • 1 h 55 m

Summary Pulling back the curtain on mass murder censorship in Hollywood due to U.S. government pressure to appease a strategic ally, Intent to Destroy embeds with a historic feature film production as a springboard to explore the violent history of the Armenian Genocide and legacy of Turkish suppression and denial over the past century. Joe Ber...

Directed By: Joe Berlinger

Written By: Cy Christiansen, Joe Berlinger

  • 2017
  • PG-13
  • GathrFilms
  • 1 h 55 m
  • 2017
  • PG-13
  • GathrFilms
  • 1 h 55 m

Intent to Destroy

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Summary Pulling back the curtain on mass murder censorship in Hollywood due to U.S. government pressure to appease a strategic ally, Intent to Destroy embeds with a historic feature film production as a springboard to explore the violent history of the Armenian Genocide and legacy of Turkish suppression and denial over the past century. Joe Ber...

Directed By: Joe Berlinger

Written By: Cy Christiansen, Joe Berlinger

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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83% Positive
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100
Nov 9, 2017
It’s a masterful effort.
By Gary Goldstein FULL REVIEW
80
Nov 9, 2017
While there may be no completely dispassionate way to discuss its topic — the Armenian genocide — the film’s balance of emotion and composure helps make its stories even stronger.
By Ken Jaworowski FULL REVIEW
75
Jan 10, 2018
Although the director’s multipronged approach may dilute the impact of Intent to Destroy, there’s no denying the film’s value as an introduction to a major piece of history that continues to inspire debate of the most intense kind.
By Walter Addiego FULL REVIEW
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Nov 9, 2017
Intent to Destroy sometimes plays like a DVD extra that might have accompanied The Promise, but it does have value of its own in its interviews with historians, philosophers, and filmmakers and its vintage photos and footage.
By Alan Scherstuhl FULL REVIEW
63
Nov 10, 2017
A well-intentioned documentary that makes the puzzling miscalculation of upstaging the Armenian Genocide with “The Promise.”
By Matt Fagerholm FULL REVIEW
60
Nov 9, 2017
All of this material proves fascinating. It's a shame, then, that so much of Intent to Destroy plays like a special feature for the DVD edition of The Promise.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW

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Production Company RadicalMedia, Survival Pictures, Third Eye Motion Picture Company
Release Date Nov 10, 2017
Duration 1 h 55 m
Rating PG-13
Genres
Tagline Death, denial, and depiction
Website http://www.intenttodestroy.com/
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Awards

Pomegranate Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
San Francisco Jewish Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
International Documentary Association
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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