Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust (tbc)
- Run time: 1 hour 30 mins
- Genre: Documentary
- Release date: 1st January 2005
- Starring: Gene Hackman
- Directed by: Daniel Anker
Plot Synopsis
From American ambivalence and denial during the heyday of Nazism, through the silence of the postwar years, and into the end of the twentieth century, this fascinating documentary asks hard questions about the uneasy relationship between American popular culture and the Holocaust; about the responsibility of filmmakers in their portrayal of history, and about the power of film itself to affect the way we look at ourselves. Utilising carefully selected excerpts from extraordinary and in some cases rarely-seen films, Imaginary Witness tells the story of the American film industry's complex response to the horrors of Nazi Germany.