My Son Shall Be ArmenianCanada
2004, 81min.
 Script: Hagop Goudsouzian, G.Duchaine, Dir.: Hagop Goudsouzian, Dir. of Phot.: A.Feio, Sound: J.- D.Daoust, Edit.: A.Corriveau, Prod.: Y.Bisaillon.
This film depicts Hagop Goudsouzian’s journey back to Armenia, where 1.5 million of his ancestors were massacred by the Turks between 1915 and 1923. This isn’t as well-known as it should be because many countries still don’t recognize this Genocide. Goudsouzian takes a group of Montrealers of Armenian descent to the land of their ancestors in search of Genocide survivors, whose numbers diminish each year. | Goudsouzian, Hagop Hagop Goudsouzian (born 1949, Cairo, Egypt)
Hagop Goudsouzian is a Diasporan Armenian filmmaker with a passion for exploring: Armenia, Armenians and Armenianness. After spending most of his professional life producing and directing mainstream television programs, he decided to dedicate himself to Armenian films. With limited resources he subsidizes his own Armenian productions for mainstream television. Lives and works in Toronto, Canada. In partnership with TVOntario TFO, he has produced and directed a number of television series. He is also a photographer; his work was exhibited at the Bibliotheque nationale du Quebec before touring various North American galleries. He is presently developing part three of his Armenian Trilogy. Armenian Exile is part one: a video self-portrait in which he pursues his quest for identity, a theme that also inspired him to make My Son Shall Be Armenian (part two) and Mon fils sera Armenien (French version).
Filmography
My Son Shall Be Armenian (2004), Armenian Exile (2009), Armenian Echoes (2011), Armenian Minstrels (2011)
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