I was not aware of the details, which is a stunning fact.

And then equally watching the news with the Yazidis, and the correlation with the script was uncanny.

The Yazidis were under siege on a mountaintop being slaughtered.

Still, his point is made.

And other potential geopolitical partners have had to basically kowtow to the pressure.

So the State Department got involved on more than one occasion in the United States, basically pressuring studios.

Says Bale, Its got to be a larger conversation because it has to be relevant today.

Nor does the Ottoman government like what he attempts to write and photograph.

Its a decidedly old fashioned style of moviemaking, which Bale is no stranger to.

It is going away, Bale laments.

Terry was incredibly fortunate to be able to get the financing through Kirk Kerkorian.

He wants the film to be seen by young people.

And I would often ask him why arent we doing that.

I looked at the era, and there were journalists known as the muckrakers at the time.

Upton Sinclair is probably the most famous of them, but I was intrigued most by Lincoln Steffens.

He wroteThe Shame of Our Cities[about corruption in American city governments].

It was a mixture of attitude but also to do with look.

Bale also views the fierce intelligence of his character as a necessity of which we need now in 2017.

Information was hard to get out of [Turkey].

They recognized at that time that they clearly didnt want people to know what was happening.

Theres definitely pushback, Esrailian remarks 102 years after a state power first began denying its mass graves.

One of our actors was called into the embassy in his country and given propaganda.

We had this whole attack on IMDb with trolls trying to down-vote the movie before its even come out.

We have over 120,000 votes now of a film that hasnt even come out into the theaters.

Thats nothing compared to what my ancestors went through and its not going to work, Esrailian smiles.

Bale ponders, Would these other genocides have happened if there had been consequences for the Armenian Genocide?

Its an open question, but at least its now being asked in the West.

In that sense,The Promisehas already delivered on its vow.

The Promiseis playing in theaters now.