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Law on Film

Law on Film


Law on Film

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Length:
28 episodes
Language:
English
Format:
Podcast

Description

Law on Film explores the rich connections between law and film. Law is critical to many films, even to those that are not obviously about the legal world.  Film, meanwhile, tells us a lot about the law, especially how it is perceived and portrayed. The podcast is created and hosted by Jonathan Hafetz, a lawyer, legal scholar, and  film buff.  Each episode, Jonathan and a guest expert will examine a film that is noteworthy from a legal perspective. What does the film get right about the law and what does it get wrong? Why is law important to understanding the film? And what does the film teach about law's relationship to the larger society and culture that surrounds it.  Whether you're interested in law, film, or an entertaining discussion, there will be something here for you.
Language:
English
Format:
Podcast

Episodes1 - 10 of 28 episodes

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Inherit the Wind (Guest Nell Minow) (episode 26)

Inherit the Wind (1960) is a fictionalized account of the 1925 Scopes “Monkey Trial," w...

40 minutes
May 14, 2024

The Caine Mutiny (1954) & The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (2023) (Guest: Gene Fidell) (episode 25)

The Caine Mutiny (1954) is based on Herman Wouk’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel of the s...

54 minutes
May 01, 2024

Miracle on 34th Street and Top Law Movies List (Guest: Ashley Merryman) (episode 24)

This episode looks at “Law Films You Won't Want to Miss,” a recent list of "the most ca...

58 minutes
Apr 16, 2024

Eight Men Out (1988) (Guests: Robert Boland and Brett Kaufman) (episode 23)

Eight Men Out (1988) is a dramatization of professional baseball’s infamous Black Sox s...

57 minutes
Mar 28, 2024

Anatomy of a Fall (France) (Guests: Fred Davis and Sam Bettwy) (episode 22)

Anatomy of a Fall (2023) is an acclaimed French drama directed by Justine Triet, from a...

54 minutes
Mar 07, 2024

Killers of the Flower Moon (Guest: Wilson Pipestem) (episode 21)

Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) describes the series of murders of members of the Osa...

61 minutes
Feb 29, 2024

Oppenheimer (Guest: Audra Wolfe) (episode 20)

Oppenheimer (2023) stars Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American theoreti...

67 minutes
Feb 21, 2024

Eye in the Sky (Guest: Craig Martin) (episode 19)

Eye in the Sky (2015), directed by Gavin Hood from a script by Guy Hibbert, depicts the...

66 minutes
Feb 07, 2024

Norma Rae (Guest: Fred B. Jacob) (episode 18)

Norma Rae (1979) describes the struggle of Norma Rae Webster (Sally Field), a factory w...

71 minutes
Jan 31, 2024

A Civil Action (Guest: Jennifer Corinis) (episode 17)

A Civil Action (1998) is based on Jonathan Harr’s critically acclaimed book of the same...

70 minutes
Jan 16, 2024