Choose a film and relate it to any social/political/historical issue at that period of time. "Fahrenheit 9/11" and Journalism.

Academy-award winning documentary filmmaker Michael Moore is clever, committed and concerned, and in his film "Fahrenheit 9/11" he employs the elements of documentary filmmaking-expert interviews, location shooting, archival footage, and witty on-camera antics-to create an unconventional cinematic experience. His movie provokes laughter, irony and tears and leaves viewers hungry for political satire and genuine civic discourse. His film is not a mere documentary recounting of the past events, but rather it is a film created to …showed first 75 words of 609 total…

…showed last 75 words of 609 total…for both interest and response. Moore's documentary by touching on aspects of journalism and provoking questions about the role "facts" should play in such films-have served as a valuable reminder to journalists of the popular interest these topics still hold for Americans. Perhaps Moore's film, with its ability to attract a broad audience to its story, will provoke journalists to turn their skills in the direction of deeper and more sustained coverage of these issues.