4. JFK Spurs The American Government To Create A New Transparency Board
No matter what you think of Oliver Stone's JFK-whether it's all a bunch of lies or sacred fact-, there is no denying that the film leaves nobody indifferent. When the film came out in 1992 however, it seemed as though every single viewer believed that there had been a conspiracy of some kind behind the president's assassination, which led to a massive influx of letters directed at Congress and the White House demanding to know the truth of what had really happened on that fateful day. When the government's assurances that Stone's film was fake failed to quell the public's interest, Congress was obligated to pass the -->President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (JFK Act), which allowed citizens to inquire, gather and open all the records concerning the assassination, as they had now been made available to the public.