PON Film Series

Film and Discussion with Erica Ariel Fox, Harvard Law School

The poignant film Dead Poets Society explores the awakening of the human spirit in the process of coming of age. Set at an elite preparatory school in the late 1950’s, the film features Robin Williams as a free-spirited English teacher who tries to arouse the poetic … Read Dead Poets Society

PON Film Series Special Roundtable Discussion with Patrice O’Neill and Pam Calvert of The Working Group

Join PON and The Working Group, producers of the new PBS documentary The Fire Next Time, for an in-depth conversation about issues of polarization, breakdown of civil discourse, conflicts arising from rapid growth and change, and the role of extremist … Learn More About This Program

Film and Discussion with:
Lawrence Susskind, MIT-Harvard Public Disputes Program
Patrice O’Neill
Pam Calvert, The Working Group

THE FIRE NEXT TIME chronicles two years in the life of a dangerously divided town in Northwest Montana where hate and intolerance manifest themselves in a community polarized by rapid change, economic displacement and environmental issues.

Following the film, MIT and HLS Visiting … Read The Fire Next Time

Film and Discussion with Bob Bordone, HLS Lecturer

What happens when religiously conservative Christian parents have children who reveal they are gay?

Family Fundamentals attempts to answer that explosive question by taking viewers into the private and public lives of three families who have responded to gay offspring by actively opposing homosexuality.

HLS Lecturer Bob Bordone will facilitate … Read Family Fundamentals

The Program on Negotiation, The Harvard Law School Advocates for Human Rights, The Harvard Muslim Law Students Association, and The Harvard Law School Human Rights Program

Film and Discussion with:

Carmela Baranowska,
Habib Rahiab,
and Charles Norchi

See the award-winning TALIBAN COUNTRY, a 45-minute documentary about rural Afghanistan under the rule of US troops and local warlords, and join Australian … Read Taliban Country

The Program on Negotiation joins The Harvard Law School Human Rights Program in presenting:

Iran: Veiled Appearances is a revealing portrait of a country on the eve of transition. This documentary attempts to uncover the reality behind the pervasive stereotypes that define the country in the West.

After the film, PON Visiting Scholar Nicolas Rofougaran will lead … Read Iran: Veiled Appearances

Hotel Rwanda is the true story of Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager in Rwanda who saved over 1200 people in the face of unspeakable actions that led to the deaths of over one million in only three months.

Antonia Chayes, Visiting Professor of International Policy and Law at the Fletcher School at Tufts, will lead a … Read Hotel Rwanda

Film followed by a discussion with:

Susan Hackley
Managing Director
Program on Negotiation

Jim Cavallaro
Associate Director
Human Rights Program

The Battle of Algiers, one of the most influential political films of all time, vividly depicts the Algerian struggle for independence from French colonial rule. The film portrays deadly attacks and counter-attacks and raises important questions about combating terrorism today.

Following the Film
Program … Read The Battle of Algiers

The Program on Negotiation Film Series Joins Harvard Law School LAMBDA in Presenting…

Plot
An aspiring Canadian TV show writer decides to move in with his cop boyfriend and struggles to find the best way to tell his Italian immigrant parents he’s gay.

Following the Film
Robert Bordone, Thaddeus R. Beal Lecturer on Law and Deputy Director of the … Read Mambo Italiano