Late Vegas Pioneer Kirk Kerkorian Fulfills ‘Promise’ to Expose Armenian Genocide

The estate of belated billionaire Kirk Kerkorian is remaining true to the businessman and philanthropist’s vow to bring the disputed Armenian genocide towards the screen that is big.
The late nevada casino mogul Kirk Kerkorian earmarked $100 million of his own fortune to make a film in regards to the alleged genocide that is armenian.
Kerkorian, one of the more essential figures in developing Las Vegas as it’s known today, died in 2015 at the age of 98 with an estimated net worth of $4 billion. But before he passed, the former majority owner of MGM Resorts pledged $100 million to create a movie that highlighted the horrific events that happened between 1915 and 1923 in Armenia.
More than a span of approximately eight years, the Ottoman government systematically exterminated some 1.5 million Armenians. But its successor, the Republic of Turkey, denies genocide ever happened.
Funded by Kerkorian, ‘The Promise’ is a movie that is new sets out to bring the Armenian conflict to theaters across the nation. It tells the fictional tale of a love triangle place that is taking 1915 Armenia.
The film is directed by Terry George, whose credits include ‘Hotel Rwanda,’ the 2004 drama that managed the Rwanda genocide, and movie stars Christian Bale, Oscar Isaac, and Charlotte LeBon.
‘The movie is really a love tale set in the first World War in Turkey at the start of and through the genocide that is armeni Read more