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Jan. 4, 2022
Stream it Tonight! The Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925 leaps from the history books into your living room!
For tonight’s movie, we’re suggesting you stream “Inherit the Wind,” the classic 1960 film about the 1925 Scopes Monkey trial.
Michael Asimow
Professor
UCLA School of Law
Email: asimow@law.ucla.edu
Michael is Dean's Executive professor of law at Santa Clara Law School, teaching contracts as well as law and popular culture.
Paul Bergman
Professor Emeritus
UCLA School of Law
Email: bergman@law.ucla.edu
Paul continues teaching evidence.
For tonight's movie, we're suggesting you stream "Inherit the Wind," the classic 1960 film about the 1925 Scopes Monkey trial.
Tennessee law made it a crime to teach evolution in high school. John Scopes was the first and only person ever prosecuted for violating the law. The trial set up a clash between scientific knowledge and religious beliefs. It was a huge media circus; the jury verdict was the first event to ...
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