The people of Armenia were the first to adopt Christianity as a national religion. This history of these Middle Eastern people describes their language and culture, disputes with neighboring peoples, the Armenian genocide in 1915 Turkey, the Armenian dia spora and Soviet Armenia. Includes comments by Elie Wiesel, Robert J. Lifton, Peter Balakian, Catholicos Karekin II and Robert Kocharian. Written, directed and produced by Andrew Goldberg; narrated Olympia Dukakis. Twenty five minutes of additional inter views follow program.