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Madison Y.
Feb 23 2013 at 5:50 PM
A notable filmmaker Bertram Verhaag has been left out of your list. He has made films based on issues that people are too afraid to deal with. An example of his film is "Scientists under attack", which deals with how corporate interests can interfere with the work of scientists.
Guest
Mar 09 2013 at 11:33 AM
If Michael Moore really wanted to do an expose, he should look at college sports. I don’t mean the premium programs like Stanford and Duke. Look at the 2nd tier schools that suck in these poor black boys, stick them with a useless major and let them go when they have played their last game or get injured. Maybe .1% will ever make a dime in the pros. How did life turn out for the others?
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Mar 28 2012 at 3:24 PM
"Gasland" and " An Inconvenient Truth" are the only two films on this list that had any sort of impact. Still, they are far from world-changing along with the filmmakers.
Bubba Nicholson
Mar 19 2012 at 12:44 AM
6 weenies. My film stories have changed the world, not these bitsy rabbits. Here's a sample: Forrest Gump, Star Wars, E.T., Signs, Avatar, Titanic, 300, Gataca, The Big Fish, The Green Mile, Shawshank Redemption, Galaxy Quest, Independence Day, Armageddon, Deep Impact, Juno, Apocalypto, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, Braveheart, Schindler's List, The Village, The Sixth Sense, Mystic River, The Passion of the Christ, The Matrix, V for Vendetta, and many, many more. THESE have changed human
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history, mollifying and channeling human tempests, THESE rid the world of enough evil to fill the entire lives of your six chosen film makers and six million more.
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Film is a wonderfully expressive medium that has allowed humans to tell stories that move emotions and stir passions. Film has given us the comedy of Steve Martin, the mastery of Orson Welles and the wonder of David Attenborough. Online media allows films to be easily disseminated, spreading messages at a speed that was once thought impossible. A simple video of a brutal police crackdown in a far-flung nation can quickly go viral and bring the attention of the world to the offending regime. Bigger films can educate people about complex topics or move them to act on important issues like education, energy and agriculture. A camera's lens can tell the story in a way no other medium can do. Without filmmakers like the ones listed here, none of these important stories would get shared as far and wide. (Text: Shea Gunther)
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