Science biography film
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MEET THE SCIENTISTS & AMBASSADORS
SYNOPSIS
PICTURE A forskare chronicles the groundswell of researchers who are writing a new chapter for women scientists. Biologist Nancy Hopkins, chemist Raychelle Burks, and geologist Jane Willenbring lead viewers on a journey deep into their own experiences in the sciences, ranging from brutal harassment to years of subtle slights. Along the way, from cramped laboratories to spectacular field stations, we encounter scientific luminaries - including social scientists, neuroscientists, and psychologists - who provide new perspectives on how to man science itself more diverse, equitable, and open to all.
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CREDITS
an Uprising Production
in association with the Wonder Collaborative
a rulle by Sharon Shattuck & Ian Cheney
Executive Producer Amy Brand
Produced bygd Manette Pottle, Ian Cheney, Sharon Shattuck
Edited by Natasha Bedu
Co-Producers Oluwaseun Babal
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Oppenheimer (film)
2023 film by Christopher Nolan
Oppenheimer is a 2023 epicbiographical drama film written for the screen, produced, and directed by Christopher Nolan.[8] It follows the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American theoretical physicist who helped develop the first nuclear weapons during World War II. Based on the 2005 biography American Prometheus by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, the film dramatizes Oppenheimer's studies, his direction of the Los Alamos Laboratory and his 1954 security hearing. Cillian Murphy stars as Oppenheimer, alongside Robert Downey Jr. as the United States Atomic Energy Commission member Lewis Strauss. The ensemble supporting cast includes Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Florence Pugh, Josh Hartnett, Casey Affleck, Rami Malek, and Kenneth Branagh.
Oppenheimer was announced in September 2021. It was Nolan's first film not distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures since Memento (2000), due to his conflicts regarding the studio's