Imaginary Witness (USA, 2004, 92 min., English) Directed by Daniel Anker A gripping documentary that traces Hollywood's complicated fascination with the Holocaust. Through skillfully chosen film clips from Chaplin's The Great Dictator, Lumet's The Pawnbroker, Spielberg's Schindler's List, and several others, director Daniel Anker investigates the interplay between historical fact and cinematic fiction which has helped define American understanding of Nazism and World War II. Gene Hackman narrates. Click here to read the 2005 Program Book essay on this film. Sponsored by North Yarmouth Academy

with Line Of Life (France, 2003, 12 min., French w/subtitles) Directed by Serge Avedikian A concentration camp prisoner's final drawing comforts a fellow inmate who survived. Animated short.

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