Picture a Scientist (2020)

Directed by

Sharon Shattuck, Ian Cheney

Genre

documentary film, biographical film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 43m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

8.1 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows several female scientists recounting professional obstacles like discrimination and harassment. It uses their firsthand experiences to show what gender inequality in STEM fields looks like.

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What happens

Picture a Scientist is a 2020 documentary highlighting gender inequality in science. The movie tells the stories of several prominent female researchers, and brings to light the barriers they encountered, including cases of discrimination and harassment. The movie features MIT's professor of biology Nancy Hopkins, the chemist Raychelle Burks and the geoscientist Jane Willenbring, among other scientists. The film took part in the Tribeca Film Festival in April 2020. It was also nominated for a 2022 News & Documentary Emmy Award in the category of Outstanding Science and Technology Documentary. A number of research institutions have held screenings of the movie as parts of efforts to increase awareness of gender issues within STEM. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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