> I don't think any recent politically motiated
>films--and there have been some great ones--have done much
>good at all.

Art doesn't have to "do good."

>Everyone with a TV can watch Frontline and become more aware
>of the world for free, and they don't bother to.

Right. Nobody in the world watches Frontline. I guess I imagined watching The Dark Side or The Secret History of Credit Cards.

>So how can we
>expect movies to do anything?

If one person watches Backdraft and decides to become a fire fighter, yellow is wrong.