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There Was, There Was Not
Directed by
Emily Mkrtichian
Not Rated
2024
1h 35m
Documentary
7.9
100%
8.0
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Four women of Artsakh face war's aftermath, build lives amid uncertainty until another war interrupts; some take arms, others flee as homeland faces ethnic cleansing and erasure.
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Cast of There Was, There Was Not
Siranush Sargsyan
Self
Svetlana Harutunyan
Self
Gayane Hambardzumyan
Self
Sosè Balasanyan
Self
Emily Mkrtichian
Director / Producer / Director Of Photography
Brock Williams
Producer
Mara Adina
Producer
Alexandria Bombach
Editor
Michael Feldman
Sound Supervisor
Ruben De Gheselle
Original Music Composer
Danny Madden
Sound Editor
There Was, There Was Not Ratings & Reviews
reDocumented
Glenn Dunks
The sadness of the film and the deep sense of loss that is felt by Mkrtichian's subjects is smartly told through her observational storytelling and Alexandria Bombach's editing, criss-crossing between the four women and the land itself...
InSession Film
Jaylan Salah
There Was, There Was Not perfectly humanizes the stories of people who went to war and came back alive.
Movie Brief
Michael Nordine
An especially vital document of a place that, like far too much of Armenia's rich cultural tapestry, can only be referred to in the past tense.
Geek Vibes Nation
Dave Giannini
The film truly does show us the meaning behind "there was, there was not." The stories that we tell are not just enjoyable; they are necessary.
48 Hills
Dennis Harvey
The more intimate focus Mkrtichan chooses vividly conveys the haplessness felt by citizens robbed of not just of homes and loved ones, but their very national identity.
Film Threat
Bobby LePire
Mkrtichian uses the camera to place the audience directly into the lives of these four women.
Rachel's Reviews (YouTube)
Rachel Wagner
A touching documentary about 4 women in an area of the world I do not know much about
MovieJawn
Genevieve Radosti
In There Was, There Was Not, we witness dreams pivot, and sometimes fade, and homes become memories and we feel in our hearts that, along with Artsakh, something beautiful has been lost but never forgotten.
Cool People Have Feelings, Too. (Substack)
Marya E. Gates
The film stands as a stark reminder that cultures all over this world are being erased and people are being ethnically cleansed from their homelands under the watch of global powers who do little to deter these tragedies.
Hey, Have You Seen ...?
Jared Mobarak
Mkrtichian knows that the juxtaposition would lose its potency if she messed with the chronology. They've each lost a piece of their identity. Those happy times have been taken from them, so they should remain as memories to us as well.
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Mark Dujsik
There Was, There Was Not becomes an intimate look at lives in war and, ultimately, a personal testimony of what it means for a country to disappear.
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Sarah Vincent
it is the kind of film that is valuable because it captures the existence of a lost civilization. The apocalypse happened, and the world kept spinning.
IndieWire
Susannah Gruder
The title of Armenian-American filmmaker Emily Mkrtichian's documentary is drawn from the traditional opening line of Armenian fairy tales and fables, and the words become a fitting mantra throughout this poetically constructed film
Elements of Madness
Douglas Davidson
As other wars more inside the global mind continue to build a body count, it would do us well to consider what was and what was not about Artsakh so as to prevent it from happening again.
Loud and Clear Reviews
Joshua Stevens
There Was, There Was Not films its scenes and characters like a fairytale, but equally captures the nightmarish reality that springs from evil and war. Ugliness and beauty are truthfully conveyed, something only the most powerful documentaries can do.
Hyperallergic
Eileen G'Sell
"... The women's stories alert us to how fragile so many homelands continue to be ... [and] bring Artsakh's history to the attention of the United States and other audiences with little or no knowledge of this embattled territory."
The Reveal
Scott Tobias
There Was, There Was Not becomes a wrenching memorial for a country that no longer exists, a fairy tale without a happily ever after.
RogerEbert.com
Robert Daniels
Though "There Was, There Was Not" is derived from the way Armenians open a fairytale, the title fully captures the waking nightmare of permanent displacement.
Nuha Hassan (Medium)
Nuha Hassan
It's a powerful story that gradually captures how Artsakh is erased but now lives in the memories and stories of the people of Artsakh.
Moveable Fest
Stephen Saito
An indelible portrait of its citizens whose spirit was as responsible for a sense of place as much as the land beneath their feet and while memories of what was could fade, the way it is talked about will continue to bring it to life.
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