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