Multicultural Film Festival: "Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust"
12th Annual Massachusetts Multicultural Film Festival
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust" dir. Daniel Anker, USA, 2004, 92 min. This impressive documentary illustrates the artistic dilemma of portraying the Nazi genocide to a mainstream oviegoing audience. Extensive footage from Hollywood films with first-hand accounts by filmmakers and actors including Steven Spielberg, Rod Steiger and Gene Hackman. Presented in observance of the 60th anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz. Introduction by Catherine Portuges; The filmmaker, Daniel Anker, will be present for discussion.