Movie Night: As If There Was No Tomorrow (Italy, 2025)

Join us for the in-person US premiere of Come se non ci fosse un domani / As If There Was No Tomorrow (Italy, 2025), a powerful documentary about the climate activists of the movement The Last Generation.

What are we willing to risk when we feel there is no time left to lose? The film follows five young activists through their doubts, hopes, family discussions, and the reactions they face on the streets and in the media.

Presented as part of the Romance Languages & Literatures Film Festival at Harvard University, with pizza and light refreshments (vegan options included).

📽️ Language: Italian with English subtitles
🎞️ Trailer:

⏰ Schedule

• 🍕 Refreshments: 7:45–8:05 pm – Ticknor Lounge, Boylston Hall
• 🎬 Screening: 8:05–9:30 pm – Fong Auditorium
• 💬 Q&A: 9:30–10:00 pm with:

Fiamma Straneo, Gordon McKay Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering; Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Parke Wilde, Professor at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University

Peter Frumhoff, Lecturer on Environmental Science and Public Policy; Senior Science Policy Advisor, Woodwell Climate Research Center

Reflection questions

• Who gets to name what is “legitimate” protest? Before this movie, what did you think of groups like Last Generation, Just Stop Oil, or Extinction Rebellion?
• Does the film complicate the stereotype of nonviolence as gentle, polite, or purely symbolic?
• Who gets to be an activist? What kinds of vulnerability and risk are visible or hidden (class, mental health, immigration status, gender, family, etc.)?
• Some research suggests that nonviolence met by State repression can be particularly powerful in shifting public opinion, because it exposes hidden violence. How does the film invite us to read the reactions to climate protest?

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Host or Publisher Mauro Morabito/ Romance Languages & Literatures - Harvard University