Movies to Make You Think (And Act)

With summer finally upon us (although you’d never know it judging from all the rain we’ve had, at least around Boston), you might be looking at a little bit more free time. And, especially if the rain keeps up, more than you might want. What better way to spend the day than with movies that you can feel good about watching?
Participant Studios, the makers of films like An Inconvenient Truth, Good Night, and Good Luck and Charlie Wilson’s War, has an awesome YouTube page, offering PSAs about the crisis in Darfur, hunger and child nutrition. In addition to the PSAs, Participant Studios also posts trailers of their feature films, including the films above and newer ones like The Kite Runner, Food, Inc. and The Cove.
It’s an excellent and inspiring page to subscribe to if you’ve got a YouTube account, and if you don’t, you should add that page to your Favorites and check back often. They’ve got great new stuff being added all the time.
Check out the trailer for The Cove, which will be coming to selected cities on August 7. Find out if you’ll be nearby and check out Food, Inc., playing in select theaters across the country now.
Here are a few of the PSAs I like:
Raise Hope for Congo

Darfur Now

And here’s the trailer for the upcoming feature The Cove: