Imaginary Witness (2004)

Original title

Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust

Directed by

Daniel Anker

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 32m

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 14 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary looks at how Hollywood has depicted the Holocaust over sixty years. It shows how those movies shaped what people think and feel about that history. Narrated by Gene Hackman, the film explores the relationship between cinema and public memory.

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What happens

Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust is a 2004 documentary film directed by Daniel Anker and narrated by Gene Hackman that examines the treatment of the Holocaust in Hollywood films over a period of sixty years and the impact of the films on public perception and thinking, and vice versa. The film was originally produced for the American cable network, American Movie Classics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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