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‘My Sweet Land’ Review: Withdrawn From Oscar Consideration, Jordanian Doc Focuses on Kids Raised in Disputed Region
Vrej, a young ethnic Armenian, is growing up in what he calls Artsakh, in a geopolitical web so fragile it can erupt into war at any moment.
Director Sareen Hairabedian ’s poignant documentary “ My Sweet Land ” follows an ethnic Armenian youngster named Vrej Khatchatryan from the small village of Tsaghkashen in the Martakert region of the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh. With the international news filled with the bloodshed in the Middle East and the Ukraine-Russia conflict, comparatively little time has been spent on what’s happening in the semi-autonomous region of Nagorno-Karabakh, and its unresolved territorial issues. After the collapse of the Soviet Union in late 1991, the Armenian population there declared independence — a status not recognized by the rest of the world — leading to continuing wars with Azerbaijan, which seeks sovereignty over the territory.
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