I Wish to Die Singing

<p>The Armenian Genocide was the first genocide of the 20th century perpetrated by the Ottoman Turkish Government against the Armenians a Christian minority in a Muslim state. One and a half million people died.</p><p><br></p><p>The word 'genocide' itself was invented by Raphael Lemkin in 1943 to describe the events of 1915. Adolf Hitler used the Armenian Genocide as a direct inspiration for the Holocaust during the Second World War.</p><p><br></p><p>To this day the Turkish government refuses to admit that any genocide ever took place.</p><p><br></p><p>Commemorating the exact centenary of the deportations that began the Armenian Genocide I Wish To Die Singing - Voices From The Armenian Genocide</em> is a controversial documentary drama uncovering the forgotten secrets and atrocities of a denied genocide - featuring eye-witness reportage images music poetry from Armenia's greatest poets and verbatim survivors testimonies from one of the greatest historical injustices of all time. </p>