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2004MMPA Rating:
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May 06, 2008Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
Filmmaker Daniel Anker examines Hollywood's depiction of the Holocaust and its incomprehensible atrocities in this award-winning documentary narrated by Gene Hackman and featuring interviews with Steven Spielberg and Sidney Lumet. Through film clips, newsreels, scholars' comments and firsthand accounts, the documentary also questions the responsibility of filmmakers in retelling history and the effects of film portrayals on the social psyche.
Cast Summary:
Ralph Fiennes, Gene Hackman, Ben Kingsley, Sidney Lumet, Liam Neeson, Steven Spielberg, Rod Steiger, Dan Curtis