''My Son Shall Be Armenian'' (Original French title: ''Mon fils sera arménien'') is a 2004 Canadian documentary by Hagop Goudsouzian, who travels to

Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ' ...

and Syria with five other members of

Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple ...

's Armenian community who lost relatives in the

Armenian genocide The Armenian genocide was the systematic destruction of the Armenian people and identity in the Ottoman Empire during World War I. Spearheaded by the ruling Committee of Union and Progress (CUP), it was implemented primarily through t ...

, to speak with survivors. In Syria, Goudsouzian films in

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, where thousands of Armenians were marched to death. In one scene, he scrapes the soil around a church and discovers the remains of what appears to be a mass grave, scooping up bones, a wedding ring and a bullet. In Armenia, Goudsouzian visits villages that had been renamed for former settlements, finding elders who recount what had occurred to their parents and siblings. ''My Son Shall Be Armenian'' incorporates archival photographs and footage from a Hollywood silent movie based on the accounts of one survivor who escaped to the United States during the genocide. Participants in the film include Canadian artist Lousnak and TV host

Patrick Masbourian Patrick Masbourian is a Canadian coordinator and director. He was born on December 4, 1969 in the United States to Armenian parents. He began his television career while participating in ''La Course destination monde'', a transmission of the T� ...

. ''My Son Shall Be Armenian'' was produced in French by the

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Watch ''My Son Shall Be Armenian'' at NFB.ca
{{Works about the Armenian Genocide 2004 films Armenian-Canadian culture Armenian genocide films Quebec films National Film Board of Canada documentaries Documentary films about the Armenian genocide Deir ez-Zor 2004 documentary films Canadian documentary films French-language Canadian films 2000s Canadian films