Imaginary Witness

May 6, 2004 First Film Festival screening April 5, 2005 U.S. cable television release

Director and filmmaker Daniel Ankers father was a refugee from Germany, and many of his relatives, including his greatgrandfather, uncle, and cousin died in the Holocaust, but he had not considered making a film on the subject until AMC approached him with the idea. His past projects on issues including campaign finance reform and racism, convinced the AMC leadership that he was the right person for the project, and they agreed to leave the specifics of the project to him.According to Anker, he was inspired by the documentary technique employed in the film Visions of Lighta documentary about films and filmmakersand made the decision to use extended clips from Holocaust movies to tell his story. He included interviews with some of the people who worked on the films he chose, including directors Sidney Lumet and Steven Spielberg and actors including Rod Steiger. ........

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