The annual Fordham Law Film Festival offers you the unique opportunity to watch and discuss movies dealing with legal themes, with a box of popcorn in hand and surrounded by a large audience—for free (except for the popcorn). Featuring an exciting mix of current blockbusters, classic favorites, documentaries, and independent movies over six nights, the Film Festival illuminates the legal system with all of its triumphs, failures, moral dilemmas, and dramatic moments.

Each movie is followed by a post-screening discussion with renowned artists, writers, public intellectuals, and members of the legal profession who have a particular connection to the film. Explore how the themes of justice and injustice continue to inspire the artistic imagination. Hear interesting stories and anecdotes. Get answers to your questions. And share your own ideas and viewpoints.

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Events / Film Festival Schedule / 2007

2007 Film Festival

From a documentary about school desegregation to a feature film about a publisher seeking First Amendment protection, the 2007 Fordham Film Festival engaged audiences in lively discussions about the personal, legal, and moral implications of each film's subject matter.

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  • HBO Documentary Films'
    Little Rock Central: 50 Years Later

    • Brent & Craig Renaud – Documentary Filmmakers; Writers, Directors & Producers, Little Rock Central: 50 Years Later
    • Sheila R. Foster – Associate Dean, Fordham Law School
    • Maria L. Marcus – Professor, Fordham Law School; Former Associate Counsel, NAACP National Office
    • To mark the 50th anniversary of the forced integration of Central High School, Little Rock natives Brent and Craig Renaud provide a candid look at the lives of contemporary Central High students.

  • The Merchant of Venice

    • Ron Rosenbaum – Columnist, Slate; Author, The Shakespeare Wars
    • In this adaptation of Shakespeare's classic, both Al Pacino and Jeremy Irons give wonderful performances exploring the ideas of debt and humanity.

  • Reversal of Fortune

    • Annette Insdorf – Renowned Film Scholar; Professor and Director of Undergraduate Film Studies, Columbia University's School of the Arts
    • Adapted from the book by Alan Dershowitz, this film looks at the 1980 attempted murder of Sunny von Bulow.

  • To Kill a Mockingbird

    • Cecilia Peck – Award-winning Documentary Filmmaker; Actress; Daughter of Gregory Peck
    • Stuart Klawans – Film Critic, The Nation
    • Honorable John F. Keenan – U.S. District Judge, Southern District of New York; Fordham Law Graduate
    • This Academy Award–winning adaptation of Harper Lee's novel follows the beloved Atticus Finch (Gregory Peck) as he defends an innocent man in an Alabama courtroom where racial prejudice usually prevails.

  • True Believer

    • David Margolick – Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair; Former National Legal Affairs Editor, The New York Times
    • Ronald L. Kuby – Noted Defense Attorney
    • James Woods and Robert Downey Jr. are featured in this riveting look at the corruptions of the legal process in which a young Korean man is serving 25 years for the murder of a Chinatown gang leader. 

  • The People Vs. Larry Flynt

    • Adam Liptak – National Legal Correspondent, The New York Times
    • Norman Seigel – Long-time Executive Director, New York Civil Liberties Union
    • Woody Harrelson stars in a film directed by Milos Forman, which tells the story of Larry Flynt's Supreme Court libel battle against televangelist Jerry Falwell.