Archives
Explore a selection of films, series, and documentaries about women and science. These works highlight their journeys, struggles, and the discoveries that changed the way we see the world.
Hidden Figures
Radioactive
Agora
Ammonite
Fire of love
Atomic Mom
The Uprising
Hidden Figures
Synopsis
Three African-American mathematicians, Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson played a crucial role in NASA’s space program, overcoming obstacles of racism and sexism.
Director :
Theodore Melfi
Year :
2016
Language :
English
Hidden Figures
Three African-American mathematicians, Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson played a crucial role in NASA’s space program, overcoming obstacles of racism and sexism.
Theodore Melfi
2016
English
https://www.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm=219070.html
Radioactive
A biopic of Marie Curie, exploring her discovery of radium and her contributions to science, while highlighting the personal and professional challenges she faced.
Marjane Satrapi
2019
English
https://www.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm=254043.html
Agora
The story of the astronomer Hypatia of Alexandria in the 4th century, who fights to preserve scientific knowledge in the face of religious intolerance.
Alejandro Amenábar
2009
Spanish, English
https://www.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm=134194.html
Ammonite
A fictional story inspired by the life of paleontologist Mary Anning, exploring her scientific discoveries and her relationship with Charlotte Murchison.
Francis Lee
2020
English
https://www.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm=270485.html
Fire of love
A documentary about French volcanologists Katia and Maurice Krafft, who devoted their lives to studying volcanoes before dying in an eruption in 1991.
Sara Dosa
2022
English
https://www.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm=299378.html
Atomic Mom
A meeting between Pauline Silvia, an American biologist who worked on nuclear tests, and Emiko Okada, a Hiroshima survivor, exploring the human impact of nuclear weapons.
M.T. Silvia
2010
English, Japanese
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_Mom
The Uprising
A 13-minute documentary about the 1999 study on the status of women faculty at MIT, highlighting Nancy Hopkins’s efforts for gender equality in science.
Peter Snowdon
2021
English
https://www.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm=279996.html