Calls for a protest and boycott of the film on social media resulted in the Facebook page " '' Protest and Boycott the Water Diviner '' " which has over 16,000 fans . Descendants of victims of the 1915 Armenian Genocide , Assyrian Genocide and Greek Genocide were incensed by the portrayal of the Turks in the movie as victims , at the same time that Turks were committing atrocities on their minorities . Various film critics described the movie as " a distortion of history that only serves to appease Turkey and its continued agenda of genocide denial . " Anthony McAdam of The Spectator wrote : " Leaving aside aesthetic considerations , the fact is the film 's lack of any historical context is breathtaking . " McAdam notes that there is one " glaring omission " in the film , that being the lack of any mention of the Armenian Genocide
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The Water Diviner