Discovering Women (PBS Series) (About one hour each)
Documentaries on physicist Melissa Franklin of Harvard University and biochemist Lynda Jordan of North Carolina A&T State University.
Marie Curie (1 hour 53 minutes, B&W, 1943)
"A lasting inspiration... makes the quest for knowledge a romantic and thrilling pursuit" -Bosley Crowther, The New York Times
Asking Different Questions (51 minutes)
Examines how women fare in the world of the science and if there exists a "feminist science." Features five women scientists from different fields.
Conceiving Ada (85 minutes)
"A meditation on memory, feminism, immortality, and the horizons of virtual reality." -Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle
Film by Lynn Hershman Lesson. Biography of Lady Ada Lovelace, a mathematical genius, who developed the first computer language 100 years before computers.
To Dream Tomorrow (53 minutes)
Story of Ada Byron Lovelace and her contributions to computing
"An engaging, beautiful, well-researched film." -Leonard J. Shustek, The Computer History Museum, Silicon Valley
The Legacy of Gertrude Elion, Inventor of Medicines (64 minutes)
A fascinating look at the life and work of Nobel Prize winner Gertrude Elion.
Women and Mathematics Across Cultures (25 minutes)
Discusses the impact of culture upon the status of women, also extending beyond the world of mathematics.
