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Aurora's Sunrise

Season 36 Episode 3611

A teenage girl escapes a genocide and makes a meteoric rise to Hollywood stardom.

At 14, Aurora Madriganian survived the horrors of the Armenian Genocide and escaped to New York, where her story became a media sensation. Her newfound fame led to her starring as herself in Auction of Souls, one of Hollywood's earliest blockbusters. Blending storybook animation, video testimony, and rediscovered footage from her lost silent epic, Aurora's Sunrise revives her forgotten story.

AIR DATE 10/23/23

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