The Armenian  movement to show the world its unity has been in 
effect for a long time, however, not many films or filmmakers 
have used the motion picture medium to communicate to the world. 
Finally, there is a group of young artists, calling themselves 
Armenian Filmmaker, headed by founder filmmaker Shervin 
Youssefian, who are working day and night to bring the 
Armenian identity to the front page by of world news.
 
The Armenian community has for a long time rallied for the 
world to recognize the Armenian genocide that carried out by 
the Ottoman Empire in 1914. Every year on the 24th of April, 
Armenians young and old come together with great big Armenian 
flags to demonstrate against the Turkish government in hopes 
that it will finally admit to the massacre of 1.5 million 
Armenians at the beginning of the 20th Century.
 
Hollywood has focused mostly on the genocide of the Jewish 
population and it seems not at all on the Armenian genocide 
until just recently when Atom Egoyan made a film entitled 
Ararat. Along with Ruben Mamoulyan and Kirk Krikorian, Egoyan 
was just of a handful of Armenian artists involved in the 
motion picture industry.
 
While the Armenian community gave some good reviews of Ararat, 
many felt that it was not as strong a homage to the Armenian 
culture and people because of its strong thematic subject matter 
involving incest and drug abuse. Critics felt that it was too 
much of an art house film with less appeal to the mass audiences.
The Egoyan was also criticized for having chose a more Quentin 
Tarantino/Pulp Fiction approach to tell a story about human 
relationships and tragedies whereas he would have been better 
off if he chose a more conventional narrative.
 
Armenian Filmmaker is a Los Angeles production group that 
includes bright Armenian filmmakers who have come up with an 
ingenious solution to break down the Hollywood barriers and 
establish themselves as a force to be reckoned with. They are 
rallying to the Armenian community in Los Angeles to come 
together and fund Machiavelli Hangman, a 200,000 dollar 
budget motion picture one dollar at a time. "If this works the 
way I think it’s going to work, it’s going to revolutionize 
Hollywood. If the 200,000 Armenians come in and give one dollar, 
this would be enough for us to complete the film." Many genocide 
activists think although the community has received some 
criticism about its lack of support for its own people, this 
movement would finally put an end to any questions about the 
unity of the Armenian community.
 
While there are also many skeptics of this movement, since its 
launch date of April 2005, the website has received thousands 
of hits and up to 60,000 dollars in contributions! 

Ara Galoostian prepares to get a masters degree in history and 
he intends on traveling to Turkey for an exclusive story on 
the last days of Talat Pasha. In the meantime, he explores the 
challenges of telling the story of the Armenian community 
through the activities of Armenian Filmmakers, who have come 
together to produce a movie called, Machiavelli Hangman: 
http://www.hangmanmovie.com