2.7.25
A screening and panel discussion of
Journeys of Black Mathematicians: Creating Pathways is planned on February 7, 9 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., at Arizona State University, Tempe. The student event will open with a breakfast reception and coffee break, followed by the screening and panel discussion featuring director George Csicsery; film participants Sylvia Bozeman, Johnny Houston, Emille Davie Lawrence and Dawn Lott; and moderator Donatella Danielli. Event hosts include the School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and SoMSS Charter Initiatives Committee. Find
event details and a link to register here.
2.5.25
The Loyola Marymount University Seaver College of Science and Engineering's Math Department is hosting a
free public screening of Journeys of Black Mathematicians: Creating Pathways on February 5.25, from 6 to 8 p.m., in FEA 120. A panel discussion and reception will follow. Please RSVP if you plan to attend.
2.2.25
Both films in the
Journeys of Black Mathematicians series,
Forging Resilience and Creating Pathways, will be broadcast on public television in the US via APT starting in February 2025. Check APTonline or the
Journeys of Black Mathematicians airdates page to find out where to watch in your area.
1.11.25
The
Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute (SLMath) and the
National Association of Mathematicians (NAM) have invited
JMM 2025 registrants and the public to join them in Seattle on January 11.25, at 11:30 a.m., for the world premiere of the second of two documentary films produced by Zala Films as part of the
Journeys of Black Mathematicians documentary series.
Creating Pathways follows
Forging Resilience, the first film in the series, and introduces new characters, highlighting the lives of Black pioneers in mathematics from the 20th century. The film focuses on the stories of mathematicians who attended predominantly White institutions, and surveys a range of attitudes around identity and scholars' achievements in a variety of fields.
12.12.2024
Journeys of Black Mathematicians: Forging Resilience was nominated for a
Buzzie Award at the
2024 World Congress of Science & Factual Producers, held in Marrakech, Morocco, in the Most Innovative Factual Program category.
11.24.2024
Journeys of Black Mathematicians: Forging Resilience screens at the Heidelberg Laureate Forum Foundation
Film Festival Mathematics - Computer Science on November 24 at the Karlstorkino Heidelberg in Germany at 7:30 p.m. (1:30 pm EST, 10:30 a.m. PST). Our film is one of eight documentaries selected that "throw a spotlight either on the life and work of outstanding scientists or on social discourse surrounding current issues rooted in mathematics and computer science." A Q&A will follow featuring film participants.
10.22.24
Journeys of Black Mathematicians: Forging Resilience has been selected to screen at the 27th United Nations Association Film Festival (
UNAFF) as part of its UNAFF in Schools program: 4:20pm at the Eastside College Preparatory School's Eastside Theater, 1041 Myrtle Street, East Palo Alto, California. FREE for students and teachers. See the full festival schedule (
pdf).
10.3.24
Troop 214 will be screened at the
2024 Chagrin Documentary Film Festival as part of its annual
Hungarian Heritage: Celebration of Culture program. The film screened at the festival a dozen years ago and was invited back for this year's
program (23.2mb, pdf).
10.24
Journeys of Black Mathematicians: Forging Resilience is an official selection of the
27th United Nations Association Film Festival and will be screened at the festival in October 2024. The schedule will be announced at their press conference on September 17, 2024.
9.7.24
Join us Saturday, September 7, at the
Roxie Theater in San Francisco for a 1 p.m. public screening of
Journeys of Black Mathematicians: Forging Resilience, part one of two films produced by Zala Films. Featuring a post-screening discussion with director George Csicsery and University of San Francisco Associate Professor of Mathematics & Statistics, Emille Davie Lawrence. A co-presentation of San Francisco State University
Mathematics Department, the Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute (
SLMath) and the
Julia Robinson Mathematics Festival. Purchase tickets
here.
9.6.24
Journeys of Black Mathematicians: Forging Resilience will have its television broadcast premiere as part of Maryland Public Television's
HBCU Week on Friday, September 6, at 9 p.m. (EST). Watch a 30-second
broadcast promo of our newest film.
8.15.24
A
double screening at the
Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences in Toronto on August 15 featured two Zala Films documentaries,
Secrets of the Surface: The Mathematical Vision of Maryam Mirzakhani and
Journeys of Black Mathematicians: Forging Resilience. A panel discussion followed with mathematicians Masoud Khalkhali, Jude Kong and Tina Torkaman and director George Csicsery.
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