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Witness (disambiguation)

A witness is someone who has first-hand knowledge of something, especially a crime or dramatic event, and usually by seeing it.

Witness may also refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Films

  • The Witness (1969 French film), a 1969 French film
  • The Witness (1969 Hungarian film), a 1969 Hungarian film, also known as A tanú
  • Witness (1985 film), a film directed by Peter Weir, starring Harrison Ford
  • Witness (1988 film), a 1988 Malayalam film
  • The Witness (1992 film), a 1992 short film starring Elijah Wood and Gary Sinise
  • Witness (1995 film), a 1995 Indian film
  • The Witness (2000 film), a film by James LaVeck and Jenny Stein
  • Witnesses (2003 film), a Croatian film
  • The Witnesses, a 2007 French film by André Téchiné.
  • The Witness (2012 film), a Philippine film
  • The Witness (2015 Chinese film), a Chinese film
  • The Witness (2015 American film), an American documentary about the murder of Kitty Genovese
  • The Witness (2018 film), a South Korean thriller
  • Witnesses (2018 film), a historical drama by Konstantin Fam

Games

  • The Witness (1983 video game), an interactive fiction computer game
  • The Witness (2016 video game), an exploration-puzzle game

Literature

  • Witness (autobiography), an autobiography by Whittaker Chambers
  • Witness (novel), a 2001 verse novel of historical fiction by Karen Hesse
  • Witness: Passing the Torch of Holocaust Memory to New Generations, a 2015 book Holocaust survivors

Music

Groups

  • Witness (American band), an Atlanta rock band
  • Witness (French band), a French rock band
  • Witness (gospel group), a female gospel quartet
  • Witness (UK band), an English alternative rock band
  • A Witness, an English post-punk band

Albums

  • Witness (Benjamin Booker album), 2017
  • Witness (Blessthefall album), 2009
  • Witness (Dave Douglas album), 2001
  • Witness (Katy Perry album), 2017
  • Witness (Modern Life Is War album), 2005
  • Witness (Show of Hands album), 2006
  • Witness (Spooky Tooth album), 1973

Songs

  • "The Witness", a song by members of the American rock band Tool
  • "Witness", a song by Tori Amos from The Beekeeper
  • "Witness", a song by Joan as Police Woman from The Classic
  • "Witness", a song by Sarah McLachlan from Surfacing
  • "Witness", a song by Bo Bice from See the Light
  • "Witness", a song by Jordan Feliz

Periodicals

  • Witness (magazine), a magazine published by the Black Mountain Institute
  • Witness (religious newspaper) edited by Hugh Miller in the mid nineteenth century
  • The Witness (newspaper), a South African daily newspaper published in Pietermaritzburg

Plays

  • Witness (play), a 1968 play by Terrence McNally
  • Witness: Five Plays from the Gospel of Luke, a series of BBC Radio plays

Television

Series

  • Witness (2006 TV programme), a documentary programme that airs on Al Jazeera English
  • Witness (TV series), a Canadian documentary television series (1992–2004)
  • The Witness (TV series), a 1960-61 television show broadcast on the CBS network
  • Witnesses (TV series), a 2014 French television series (Les Témoins)

Episodes

  • "Witness" (The Secret Circle), a 2012 episode of the American television series The Secret Circle
  • "The Witness" (Queen of Swords), a 2000 episode of the TV series Queen of Swords

Other arts, entertainment, and media

Other uses

  • Witness (mathematics), a value τ for variable x with the property that φ(τ) is true, rendering the existential statement ∃x φ(x) true as well; τ is then said to be a witness for the statement ∃x φ(x)
  • Witness, a number that plays a role in a primality test
  • Witness (altar), a monument in the Book of Joshua
  • Witness (organization), a non-profit organization started by Peter Gabriel
  • Witnesses, different documents of a single, original text in textual criticism

See also

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