The TakePart Top 10 Weekly Roundup is a compilation of the week’s most notable stories from our entertainment-meets-social-action blogging network. Check out our most popular articles of the week on a variety of subjects, as well as a few TakePart blogger favorites.

Katie:

Dean Karmen Shows Steven Colbert How To Filter Water

St Patricks Day Goes Green with Green Beer: Top 10 Eco Beers

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Nicole:

East Meets West at Dubai Art Fair, But Shadow of Migrant Labor Remains

TakePart’s “I Am Voting For” Campaign Wants You To Vote the Issues

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Giulia:

Simon Cowell Gives Big

Scarlett Johansson Dates For Charity

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Gina:

Top 10 Easter Films

Top 10 Films That Have Helped to Frame the War in Iraq

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Kerry:

Aqua Colbert Massage In a Bottle

Dakota the Mummified Duckbilled Dinosaur Gets Its Rocks Off

Today, March 19, marks the 5 year anniversary of the war in Iraq. Regardless of how you personally feel about the war, one thing that’s have been positive and necessary over the past 5 years, are the many films and other forms of media being made that deal with the war and work to inform us as a public. So as to encourage folks to spend some time reflecting on our current situation I present you with the Top 10 Films That Have Helped to Frame the War in Iraq.

Some of these films deal directly with the conflict, others with ideas of war in general and some with what led us to war and what has happened since. All of these movies are available on Netflx and many should be in your local video stores - so and rent one today:

1. Iraq in Fragments, directed by James Longley

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The link between cinema and history is a strong one. Ask me what I remember most about both my AP US and AP European history classes, in high school and my answer without a doubt would be the movies. More than that, I remember the time periods associated with the movies better than any other lessons.On that note, any student (or person who enjoys learning for that matter) living in the New York City area, should get to The Film Society of Lincoln Center’s Spanish Cinema Now series, which features the first stateside screening of The War on Film / La Guerra filmada, a 8 part series that aired in Spain and dealt with the Spanish Civil War. The interesting thing is that both sides of fight edited and shot the footage that appeared in the series. What you end up getting is an honest look at war and one of the most influential time periods of the 20th Century. The first episodes air on Sunday and it will be the first time all 8 episodes will appear altogether outside of Spain. Imagine, in this world of cover-ups and media mayhem, if we could get an honest and thoughtful examination of both sides of the Iraq war… With the CIA destroying evidence these days, it seems such a thing would never be possible.For a more objective look at the Iraq war, I recommend picking up a copy of James Longley’s Iraq in Fragments - he lets the images and people speak for themselves and leave the politics aside :