Imaginary Witness
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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.
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The documentary includes newsclips from newsreels, from footage of liberated camps to events such as a conference in Jerusalem of Holocaust survivors; clips from television productions including one episode of This is Your Life, in which a woman is reunited with her sister, who she thought had died in the Holocaust; documentaries such as Kitty: Return to Auschwitz; some excerpts from films not directly depicting the Holocaust but related to its memory, such as the miniseries Roots, which paved the way for the miniseries, Holocaust, or Objective, Burma!, an example of a World War II film depicting the War in the Pacific; even one Looney Tunes cartoon, The Ducktators; and excerpts from feature films with direct Holocaust content. These Holocaust films include:
- Black Legion
- Cabaret
- Confessions of a Nazi Spy
- Crossfire
- The Diary of Anne Frank
- Gentleman's Agreement
- The Great Dictator
- Harold and Maude
- Heroes for Sale
- Hitler's Children
- Hitler's Madman
- Holocaust (NBC miniseries)
- Judgment at Nuremberg (both CBS Playhouse 90 teleplay and feature film)
- I Married a Nazi
- The Mortal Storm
- None Shall Escape
- The Pawnbroker
- The Producers
- The Search
- Schindler's List
- Ship of Fools
- Singing in the Dark
- Sophie's Choice
- To Be or Not to Be
- Tomorrow the World
- Underground
- War and Remembrance (ABC miniseries)
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