My Favorite Movie with Francis Fukuyama: Children of Men


Does the knowledge that our species has a collective future influence the way we live in the present? For Francis Fukuyama, the author of The End of History and the Last Man, the answer to that question is a resounding yes.

Fukuyama, who is also the Olivier Nomellini senior fellow at Stanford’s Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, explored this question on Sept. 19 in Washington, D.C., during a screening of Alfonso Cuarón’s Children of Men. The event was part of Future Tense’s “My Favorite Movie” series, in which thought leaders host screenings of and discussions on their favorite movies with science and technology themes. Children of Men, the 2006 film adaptation of PD James’ dystopian novel, is set in the year 2027, 18 years after the last child was born, due to worldwide infertility. In this video, filmed Sept. 21, 2016, Fukuyama expanded on the thoughts he shared at the screening.

Future Tense is a partnership of Arizona State University, New America and Slate.

Date:
September 19, 2016
Run time:
0:08:19
Location:
E Street Cinema
Presented by:
Future Tense