Children of Men

Contents:
No children. No future. No hope at all. The extinction of humanity seems inevitable when, in 2027, the youngest person in the world dies at the age of just 18. Disillusioned government agent and former activist Theo and his ex-wife Julian are tasked with securing the future of a planet ravaged by terrorists and nuclear wars: When a young woman miraculously becomes pregnant, they become escorts on a dangerous journey to a sanctuary on the high seas.

Background:

What happens when (criminal) law becomes an uncontrolled instrument of power? What does the unpredictability of law mean for the individual? What does totalitarian rule look like? And what media of surveillance and control are used?
This film series focuses on cinematic dystopias of (criminal) law: from "The Trial" and "1984" to "Brazil", "Minority Report", "Gattaca", "Children of Men" and "Snowpiercer". The medium of film makes visible what is difficult to convey in legal texts: the omnipresence of surveillance, the fragility of freedom and the powerlessness of the individual.
The series is a cooperation between the law and media studies departments and the municipal cinema of the vhs bochum and endstation.kino. Together we will analyze cinematic perspectives on derailments of the law and ask what contribution films can make to making visible and critically reflecting on developments in our present.

Admission is 6.00 euros.