Inspiring, Timely Movie

Yesterday I went to see Crash, a movie I knew nothing about. What an incredible surprise! The film shows a series of intertwined stories in the very multi-cultural community of Los Angeles. The story is well written, displaying common everyday events that each of us could easily imagine ourselves in given the right (or wrong) circumstances). The characters fall into very defined, but believable roles depending on their race and economic status.
The first half of the movie is quite depressing but then some inspiration comes forth, showing how good consequences sometimes come out of bad events. But the most important underlying theme throughout the entire film is that we all have prejudices but really must try not to prejudge someone because of the way they look.
Crash is a powerful film, especially powerful given the current realities in the U.S. and Canada.