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‘The Black Garden’ Review: A Sensitive Doc Evokes History by Telling a Contemporary Story
In “The Black Garden,” filmmaker Alexis Pazoumian tells the story of three years in the life of three generations of Armenian men.
Using the framework of three years in the life of three generations of Armenian men, Pazoumian sensitively captures the political conflicts, the social milieu and the geographical terrain of a small village on the border of Armenia and Azerbaijan. Everything they do — from choosing combat uniforms at a city store to marching in the streets to mark historical events to learning defense maneuvers in a classroom — becomes a ritual that reminds them of the need to continue fighting. With a probing camera conveying images both beautiful and intimate and observational filmmaking that coaxes real emotions, it manages to tell a story of four men who represent their village and people.
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