Contagion

Featuring: 
Marion Cotillard, Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow and Kate Winslet
Film director: 
Steven Soderbergh
Event date: 
Mon, 08/12/2014

As part of Human Rights Day Cardiff sciSCREEN organised a FREE event in collaboration with Cardiff Law School. Following a screening of Steven Soderbergh’s CONTAGION there was a drinks reception with refreshments and post-film discussion.

The world is faced with a fast-moving epidemic of a lethal airborne virus that kills within days. The worldwide medical community races to find a cure and control the panic that spreads faster than the virus itself. At the same time, ordinary people struggle to survive in a society coming apart.

A panel of experts from Cardiff University explored themes concerning health and human rights; biodefense and the development of medical countermeasures; global health and global justice; human rights in times of emergency and social disorder. The panel included Prof Les Baillie, Prof John Harrington, Dr Meirion Evans and Dr Bernadette Rainey.  

Watch the trailer here: the Contagion film trailer.

Venue:Hadyn Ellis Building, Maindy Road, CF24 4HQ.

Please note this event took place on Mon 8th Dec, which is 2 days before Human Rights Day (Dec 10th). 

Supported by Cardiff Law School.

Articles on this film:

How drugs are developed

Professor Les Baillie
Are the events portrayed in the film at all realistic?

Could it really happen?

Professor Meirion R Evans
Could it really happen? Are the events portrayed in the film at all realistic?