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Grandma's Tattoos (2011)

Grandma's Tattoos

Genre : Documentary, History, Family, Drama, War

Runtime : 58M

Director : Suzanne Khardalian

Synopsis

Grandma's Tattoos is a powerful documentary that reveals the fate of thousands of forgotten women, mostly teenagers and young girls, who survived the 1915 Armenian Genocide but were forced into prostitution by their captors. Many of these women were tattooed as a permanent mark of their status.

Actors

Maria Vardanyan
Maria Vardanyan
Maria Vardanyan

Crews

Suzanne Khardalian
Suzanne Khardalian
Director
Suzanne Khardalian
Suzanne Khardalian
Producer
Per-Åke Holmquist
Per-Åke Holmquist
Producer
Alan Hovhaness
Alan Hovhaness
Music Arranger
Vincent Boutolleau
Vincent Boutolleau
Music Arranger

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