Pomegranate Film Festival

FORGOTTEN NATION: The Hamshen

Expired January 6, 2024 2:00 AM
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In this film, Abdusselam takes a long train ride to Armenia in order to find answers on how an isolated Christian minority living in Turkey was Islamized? 


The film features interviews with author Sergey Vardanyan and his story of finding his lost people, researcher Erol B. Amaduni on how he obtained top-secret documents from Turkish state archives, along with history teacher Barkev Samuelian on how Armenia became the first state to adopt Christianity, and more. 

  • Runtime
    24 minutes
  • Director
    Abdusselam Bezirgan