VSRI Screening: Filmmakers for the Prosecution

The Visual Studies Research Institute presents a screening of Filmmakers for the

Prosecution, directed by Jean-Christophe Klotz. The documentary tells the remarkable true

story of the Office of Strategic Services officers who searched for motion-picture evidence

that could be used to prosecute Nazi leaders at the International Military Tribunal in

Nuremberg.

Featuring newly discovered archival footage, the film traces the search for these images

and their historic presentation as evidence in a court of law. Filmmakers for the

Prosecution offers a powerful account of how moving images helped convict Nazi war

criminals while shaping the historical record and collective memory of the Holocaust.

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Sylvie Lindeperg of Université Paris 1 and

USC professors Michael Renov and Vanessa Schwartz. Join us for a timely conversation

about film as historical evidence, the ethics of representing atrocity, and the relationship

between cinema, memory, and justice.