"An Inconvenient Truth" is a 2006 American documentary film directed by Davis Guggenheim about former vice president of the United States Al Gore's campaign to educate people about global warming.
If you are an artist working in photography, film, animation, and new media technologies, here are ways you can harness your talent to create significant social change and foster community awareness:
Huỳnh Công Út, known professionally as Nick Ut, is a Vietnamese-American photographer who won the Pulitzer Prize for his 1972 photograph "The Terror of War." Many believe that the image of children fleeing a napalm bombing attack helped change the course of the Vietnam War. As of May 16, 2025, however, and based on this documentary film, Nick Ut may not be the author of the photo.
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer's "Pulse Index" is an interactive installation that explores themes of surveillance by recording participants’ fingerprints at the same time it detects their heart rates. Photo by Cathy Carver.