Bush is inspiring, part I

"I think this is the worst government the United States has ever had in its more than 200 years of history. It has engaged in extradordinarily irresponsible policies not only in foreign policy and economics but also in social and environmental policy." (George A. Akerlof, Nobel Prize laureate, in an interwiew with the German news magazine Spiegel in July 2003)
As upsetting the Bush administration might be it is also inspiring for filmmakers. Beside Michael Moore's highly expectated film "Fahrenheit 9/11" (which will open in the U.S. theatres June 25) there are a dozen other political documentaries rushing into theaters before the presidential election, according to a great article in the L.A. Times. With few exceptions, the projects criticize the Bush administration. These movies likely will reach wider audiences, faster, than political documentarians ever have. Some say the filmmakers are stepping into the breach left by journalists who have failed to ask hard questions out of fear of appearing unpatriotic (study in pdf). - My personal must-sees: "Uncovered: The War In Iraq" and "The Hunting of a President", the insightful documentary about the right wing’s war against Bill Clinton.