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American filmmaker Jon Milano, an Oradell, New Jersey, native of Italian and Greek descent now living in California, is making a movie, entitled “Straw Dolls,” about the Armenian Genocide, NorthJersey.com reported.

“I am not Armenian,” Milano says, “but I grew up in Oradell, which has one of the biggest Armenian populations in America. When I was growing up, at first I had no idea that was the case. Then when I went to public school, all my friends were Armenian. They have such a great history behind them.”

“Straw Dolls,” has been a work-in-progress the past two years.

According to Milano, the film is to premiere at a screening on March 15 in Los Angeles, with subsequent screenings on the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide on April 24 in Copenhagen, New York City, and Armenia.

The film stars the award-winning Iranian-Armenian actress Mary Apick and Marco Khan, with a full ensemble of young Armenian actors.

On a budget of $40,000, the movie was shot on location at a movie ranch in California’s Simi Valley.

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