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# Holocaust film discussion at SMC
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/holocaust-film-discussion-at-smc/
- Published: 2006-04-10T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T17:32:41.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Entertainment, Pico, #archive-import

*Residents invited to walk labyrinth*

*By Daily Press staff*

A day-long series of screenings of critically acclaimed international films on the Holocaust will be held from 10 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 22, at Santa Monica College, 1900 Pico Blvd.

The event, “The Holocaust: Looking Back and Looking Forward,” will be broken into three sessions. It will culminate with a panel discussion featuring Holocaust scholars.

Admission and parking are free. Seating is on a first-arrival basis.

The three sessions are: • 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in science lecture hall 145: Screening of Alain Resnais’ Night and Fog, the 1955 French documentary that features newsreel footage and original film to expose the horrors of the concentration camps and Hitler’s “final solution.” It will be followed by a screening of the Oscar-winning documentary Anne Frank Remembered. • 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the concert hall: Screening of Walk on Water, the 2004 Israeli political thriller that explores the motives, strengths and, ultimately, the humanity of an Israeli assassin sent to rectify a wrong committed five decades earlier in Nazi Germany. • 6 p.m. in the concert hall: Screening of Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust, a documentary by Oscar-nominated and Emmy Award-winning film-maker Daniel Anker. The 2004 feature-length documentary explores how American movies have shaped perceptions of the Holocaust and examines Hollywood’s complex relationship to the horrors of Nazi Germany from the 1930s through today.

The screening of Imaginary Witness will be followed by a panel discussion featuring Dr. Michael Renov, USC professor of critical studies and author of several books; Janis Plotkin, programmer and producer of the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival from 1982 through 2002; Dr. John K. Roth, Edward J. Sexton Professor of Philosophy and the founding director of the Center for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide and Human Rights at Claremont McKenna College.

The event is co-sponsored by the SMC English, communication and psychology departments in association with the SMC Associates, a private organization that funds speakers and special programs on campus.

For information, call (310) 434-4303.

First United Methodist Church of Santa Monica will be hosting a walk through a labyrinth, in which the public is invited to participate.

The labyrinth was used as an ancient meditiation tool for centering and prayer. The Santa Monica labyrinth is a 30-foot by 30-foot canvas, a replica of the one laid in the floor of the Chartres Cathedral during the Middle Ages.

The labryinth is open to the public from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Thursday, April 13, and from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday, April 14, at 1008 11th Street. Walkers are advised to bring white socks to preserve the labyrinth’s surface.

Walking is free and no reservations are necessary.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/55/9f/559f9abc-8372-4a2e-8c2d-27386da4e363/content/images/2026/10/041006-06_02.jpg)

Plotkin, formerly programmer and producer of the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, is one of the Holocaust panelists at a special event at SMC on April 22\. (Photo: Photo courtesy Janis)

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Renov, author and USC professor of critical studies, will be on the panel. (Photo: Photo courtesy Dr. Michael)

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on April 10, 2006.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/041006.pdf?ref=smdp.com)