Big business on the big screen

PA 32/11 A season of thought-provoking films that explore the role social and ethical issues play in global business is coming to the big screen in Nottingham. The Doing the Business season, which starts at the Broadway cinema on Wednesday February 2, has been programmed in conjunction with the International Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (ICCSR) in the Nottingham University Business School. Screening on consecutive Wednesdays at 5.45pm throughout February, each film will be introduced by an academic from the ICCSR, while a number of high-profile guest speakers have been lined up to lead post-film discussions. Maggie Royston, Business Development and Centre Manager for the ICCSR said: "Doing the Business is now in its eighth year and a key part of our annual calendar of events. Its aim is to inform and inspire. We hope that the local community — members of the public, special interest groups and local business people — will join our students to discuss and debate the issues raised by each of the films." The season will kick off with David Fincher's The Social Network, which recently won a clutch of Golden Globes and is nominated in eight Oscar categories, including best picture and best actor in a leading role. With a razor-sharp script by Aaron Sorkin, the film charts the meteoric rise — and acrimonious fall — of the founders of Facebook, the Harvard undergrads who developed their zeitgeist-altering phenomenon out of their college dorm rooms and ended up suing each other for millions.