How Films Change the World By Mark Salcido Cinema has been a part of world culture since the first reel was produced and a bet was made (interesting part of history). This art has affected many people’s lives in many different ways that would leave lasting impressions, for better or for worse. When a film is made, the people behind it would like to make a statement that could challenge, inspire, and thoroughly entertain them in a way that could ripple across to others in a similar manner close to the theory of the Butterfly Effect. Let’s go down this rabbit hole of causality and see if, and how, cinema has changed the world. One of the key effects that the world of cinema can have is making social awareness, political ideas, and decision making more easily digestible for the audience. One example is in the case of 1991’s ‘JFK’. The film, directed by Oliver Stone, opens the door of conspiracy theories in regards to the JFK assassination that led to the creation of the Records Collection Act of 1992, as well as assembling the U.S Assassination Records Review Board. This allowed a greater governmental transparency and better access to information for the public.