Armenian Youth Federation urges to boycott “The Ottoman Lieutenant” movie

The Armenian Youth Federation of the Western United States is encouraging its members to boycott “The Ottoman Lieutenant” because the film perpetuates the denial of the Armenian genocide, FresnoBee reports.

The movie stars Michael Huisman and Hera Hilmar as a couple in Ottoman Turkey on the brink of World War I.

The Armenian Youth Federation of the Western United States said in its statement that the film depicts this time period through “feel-good historical revisionism” that turns the genocide into a “two-sided” conflict. The Armenian Youth Federation also acknowledged that the film’s writers appeared to take a neutral stance by including different perspectives on the genocide in the dialogue.

But, the statement said, “It is not possible to be neutral on the issue of genocide, and attempting to do so merely supports the modern propaganda of the Turkish government.”