ILS & ACS Present: Movie Night - Democracy Noir Film Screening & Panel Discussion

The International Law Society and the American Constitutional Society will be hosting a screening for the film Democracy Noir. This event will be in Room 158 in the Law School. You can find a link to the trailer, a brief description, and an article about the film below. We will have food and popcorn as well as a panel discussion of the film featuring CWRU experts in related fields.
Film description: A chilling mirror to the rise of autocracy in the US, the film is a chilling, sweeping account of one of the most consequential regimes of this century. In Hungary, Viktor Orbán used a free and democratic election to install authoritarian rule, enjoying widespread approval from Hungarian nationalists as well as global conservative neighbors. He changed the constitution, took over the courts, dismantled the rule of law, and took over the media. Revered by Donald Trump and the Heritage Foundation, Orban influenced Project 2025 and the policies and campaigns of many conservative right-wing leaders. The film tells this story through the activism of three women who bear witness to how unchecked power can quickly remove rights that were once taken for granted. Through two terms of the Orbán regime, they must come to terms with their country’s unravelling social and cultural landscape.
Film trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SL-UwRUsBo4
Article in the Guardian discussing the film: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/06/democracy-noir-viktor-orban-hungary-trump

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