Films

Explore the Four Freedoms Through Film

Freedoms on Film brings together five films exploring Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms—freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear—and the role those freedoms play in a democracy.

Each film approaches these ideas from a different perspective. Select a film below to learn more about the movie, its connection to the Four Freedoms, and its place in the series.

**Roger & Me**
*Freedom from Want*
Monday September 7

**Inherit the Wind**
*Freedom of Worship*
Monday September 21

**All the President’s Men**
*Freedom of Speech*
Monday October 5

**The Great Dictator**
*Freedom from Fear*
Monday October 19

**Mr. Smith Goes to Washington**
*Civic Courage in Action*
Monday November 2

Five Films. Four Freedoms. One Democracy.

First articulated by Franklin Roosevelt in 1941, the Four Freedoms offered a vision of a world grounded in free expression, freedom of belief, economic security, and freedom from fear.

More than 80 years later, Freedoms on Film uses cinema to revisit those ideas and ask what they mean for us today.

The films aren’t intended to tell us what to think. They’re an invitation to watch, think, and talk about freedom and democracy.