EVENT DETAILS

9–9:30 am: Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:30–11 am: Discussion

The 1993 landmark film Philadelphia seems at once historical and topical. One of the first mainstream films to tackle HIV/AIDS and homophobia, the film broke new ground. Yet defenders of California’s Proposition 8 invoked its success as evidence that gays no longer needed the courts’ protection. As the same-sex marriage issue moves toward the Supreme Court, the film invites a rich exploration of the interplay between art and politics.

The guest speakers encourage you to attend the screening of Philadelphia on Friday, February 27, 7 pm. Click here for more information.

Linda Greenhouse is Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence and Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School, a position she assumed in 2009 following a 40-year career as the Supreme Court correspondent for The New York Times. Robert Post is Dean and Sol & Lillian Goldman Professor of Law at Yale Law School. Kenji Yoshino is Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Constitutional Law at NYU School of Law and author of Covering: The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights.

LOCATION

The Robert H. Smith Auditorium at the New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024

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