The film we watched last week, Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust, addressed the problem of how filmmakers have attempted to portray the Holocaust and touched on the larger question, famously raised by Elie Wiesel, of whether art can ever adequately address such horrors. Your blog post assignment for this week is to find and post an article that explores the issue of how historic atrocities have been represented in literature, film, and other media, and whether these representations advance or distort our understanding of these events. As you post your article, be sure to include your own commentary on whether or not you agree with the author's argument, and why.
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