Karabagh film Dark Forest in the Mountains Sasunciner-(Sasno-Curer)

In 1988 ,the Armenians of the Nagorno -Karabagh enclave today NKR or the Republic of Artsakh ,fallowing the fall of the soviet Empire ,sought independence from Azerbaijan .by 1990 ,both Armenia and Azerbaijan were at war over the autonomous region , a conflict which would lead to tens of thousands of casualties , many more wounded , and over a million refugees . Roger Kupelian ,a Hollywood visualeffects professional ( The Lord of the Rings Trilogy , Flags of Our Fathers ,Animatrix ) combines digital animation with documentary footage taken during his 1994 tenure as an embedded journalist on the front lines of the Nagorno -Karabakh war . it is an account of utmost bravery in the face of incredible odds , where both the oil industry and world politics stand ready to crush an ancient people . Hands and a Homeland , a special featurette filmed 10 years later , picks up where Dark Forest left off .