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''The Witness'' is a film made in 2000 by James LaVeck〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=James LaVeck - Biography )〕 and Jenny Stein.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jenny Stein (II) - Biography )〕 The name of LaVeck and Stein's non-profit organization is Tribe of Heart.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tribe of Heart: The Art of Peaceful Transformation | Award-winning Documentaries | The Witness | Peaceable Kingdom: The Journey Home )〕 The film depicts the transformation of a New York City construction contractor with an upbringing where animals were treated with suspicion or indifference to becoming an animal lover and animal rights activist. Jason Longo was the cinematographer, and Jane Greenberg did the sound. ''The Witness'' has been translated into Spanish, Russian, Polish and other languages as well. ==Synopsis== The film begins with scenes showing the day-to-day life of a construction contractor by the name of Eddie Lama. Footage shows Lama discussing a construction job with one of his employees, and Lama also talks about how various different racial and ethnic groups who work at his firm are able to get along together. A scene is shown with Lama petting two dogs, and there is also footage showing that Lama keeps multiple cats in his office. Lama talks about how his family did not have any animals; his mother was instinctively frightened and fearful of animals. He also talks about how kids would sometimes chase cats in alleyways or harm animals when he was growing up in Brooklyn. After an attractive female friend asks Lama to take care of a kitten, his perspective on animals begins to change. He grows to love the kitten, and he agrees when his friend asks whether he would or would not like to take care of another cat. Lama then talks about petting a cat and feeling its lower legs; he then associates it with a drumstick. When his brother invites him over for a chicken dinner, he does not eat it, and his interest in the welfare of animals continues to grow. Footage shows how Lama has rigged the vehicles in his business with posters depicting an animal that has been stripped of its fur to make a fur coat. The next segment of the movie has Lama discussing the treatment of pigs as they are brought to slaughter while the camera shows a television playing undercover footage of a factory farm. Lama discusses the treatment that pigs get on the way to slaughter. The final segment of the movie has Lama discussing the fur business. Lama talks about how the animal must be either trapped in the wild or raised in captivity. Undercover footage is shown of animals who have been trapped in the wild, but the trap did not kill instantly. As a result, the animal must suffer for hours or days until the trapper kills it. Footage is then shown of animals kept in captivity on a fur farm, and Lama discusses the conditions they are kept in and the method in which they are slaughtered. The undercover video comes from Farm Sanctuary, Humane Society of the United States, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, International Fund for Animal Welfare, World Society for the Protection of Animals (Now known as World Animal Protection), and others.〔 Position: 43 min. 12 sec.〕 The final scenes of the movie show how Lama has outfitted a truck with an audio/visual system that can show the undercover footage of animals that have been trapped and animals raised in captivity. A camera records the reactions of New York City shoppers when they see the undercover footage as Sarah McLachlan's song Angel is heard in the background. McLachlan donated Angel for use in the film, and the song was also used in her capacity as a spokesperson for the ASPCA. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Witness (2000 film)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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