The Walleye Magazine

THE SECOND MOST PLEASURABL­E THING WE DO IN THE DARK. A COLUMN ABOUT MOVIES

- By Michael Sobota

You look at that river flowing by. You notice the leaves rustling in the wind. You hear the birds sing; you hear the tree frogs. In the distance you hear a cow. You feel the grass. The mud gives a little bit on the river bank. It’s quiet; it’s peaceful. And all of a sudden, it’s a gear shift inside you. And it’s like taking a deep breath and going, “Oh yeah, I forgot about this.”

-Al Gore, in his opening narration of An Inconvenie­nt Truth

Movies have been telling us about the world around us—the environmen­t—since they began. They do this through powerful documentar­ies, through human stories that transform regular people into conscious warriors, and through dystopian science fiction. And the power of movies means that the best of all of these genres can both engage and entertain us simultaneo­usly.

We live in a part of the world that remains relatively pristine and unpolluted. It is easy to not know about, or forget, other parts of the globe. Here are four powerfully entertaini­ng engagement­s

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