Francis Fukuyama Explains Why Children of Men Is So Great

Unlike apocalyptic tales which humanity’s existential crisis is brought about through an abrupt event—like an alien invasion, nuclear war, or the threat of an asteroid crashing down to earth—"Children of Men" creates an alternative end-of-the-world scenario. Francis Fukuyama, the author of The End of History and the Last Man and Olivier Nomellini senior fellow at Stanford University’s Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, shares his favorite film as part of Future Tense’s “My Favorite Movie” series.