AAI Film Nights

AAI Film Nights engage students through film and discussion. Students select and present on a film of their choosing, we then watch the film, and later we discuss the themes and values over a meal.

It’s a Wonderful Life 12.16.21

  • Sarah Gustafson, Harvard Government PhD candidate

  • In this 1946 classic, a man in despair gets the opportunity to see what the world would look like if he had never been born.

Das Boot 2.28.22

  • Reed Morgan, Harvard History PhD candidate

  • This gripping film depicts the challenges and terrors faced by a German U-boat crew during World War II.

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 3.23.22

  • Loren Brown, Harvard College ‘23

  • Regarded by many as one of the greatest Westerns ever made, this film considers the mythos of the American West, the tension between law and the “great man,” and the relationship between loss and generation.