Earl Barnes in a Nutshell (Earl Barnes) (Duration: 45:37) https://radar.auctr.edu/barnes-earl-october-19-2021-and-april-2-2023		What Did You Learn Today (Virginia Newell) (Duration: 01:42:29) https://radar.auctr.edu/newell-virginia-december-17-2020
	A Career of Teaching and Service (Robert Bozeman) (Duration: (41:37) https://radar.auctr.edu/bozeman-robert-october-19-2021		The I and the We (Ronald Mickens) (Duration: 01:15:52) https://radar.auctr.edu/mickens-ronald-october-20-2021-and-march-30-2023
	What is not Known (Mel Currie) (Duration: 01:30:16) https://radar.auctr.edu/currie-mel-september-19-2022		Mathematics was Certain (Carolyn Mahoney) (Duration: 37:34) https://radar.auctr.edu/mahoney-carolyn-april-29-2024
	The Blessing of Not Knowing (Tepper Gill) (Duration: 43:36) https://radar.auctr.edu/gill-tepper-l-september-20-2022		The Joys of Mathematics (Dawn A. Lott) (Duration: 45:18) https://radar.auctr.edu/lott-dawn-september-26-2022
	Not Enough Love (Evelyn Granville) (Duration: 22:29) https://radar.auctr.edu/granville-evelyn-march-18-2021		Coming from a Place of “And” (Suzanne L. Weekes) (Duration: 31:29) https://radar.auctr.edu/weekes-suzanne-june-14-2024
	Not Enough Role Models (Donald Cole) (Duration: 55:53) https://radar.auctr.edu/cole-donald-september-23-2022		The Fallen Mathematician (Sylvester "Jim" Gates) (Duration: 1:43:21) https://radar.auctr.edu/gates-sylvester-june-24-2024
	I Choose Math (Jacqueline Hughes-Oliver) (Duration: 39:38) https://radar.auctr.edu/hughes-oliver-jacqueline-july-1-2022		Creating Firsts (Raymond Johnson) (Duration: 51:11) https://radar.auctr.edu/johnson-raymond-april-13-2022
	You Can't Go Wrong Studying Mathematics (Sylvia Bozeman) (Duration: 28:01) https://radar.auctr.edu/bozeman-sylvia-t-october-19-2021

About the video biographies sub-collection

Filming the Journeys of Black Mathematicians project began in 2020 with the objective of producing a documentary film on the considerable achievements of African American mathematicians, many of whom remain unknown to the general public. Over 90 people were interviewed, and two documentaries, one-hour each, were released for theatrical, educational, and broadcast distribution: Forging Resilience in 2024 and Creating Pathways in 2025. Both films began airing on public television in 2025.

The biography series is a third component of the project, which presents in-depth individual portraits of most of the mathematicians and other scientists interviewed for the JBM films. The goal is to make these individual video biographies, and their stories, accessible to the public and to be housed in the archive for future generations.

The goal of the series envisages editing 50 to 60 biographical videos to be accessible free of charge in NAM’s repository. Each video will vary in length from five to 50 minutes or longer. Future videos will be posted in this same NAM’s Sub-Collection at AUC Woodruff Library as they are completed. December 2028 is the planned date for all video biographies to be completed and online, free for the public to view.

For inquiries about this sub-collection of video biographies, contact NAM’s Historical and Archival Committee (NAM-HAC) at the following email address: archival-committee@nam-math.org

About the collaborating organizations

The National Association of Mathematicians, Inc. (NAM) is a professional nonprofit organization with a vibrant and visionary executive committee and board of directors. NAM plays a critical role in advancing education, service, and scholarly activities/research within the mathematics community of the United States. One of NAM’s objectives is to exhibit the contributions of African American mathematicians and share these contributions with the larger mathematics community and for posterity. NAM’s primary mission is to promote excellence in the mathematical sciences and to promote the mathematical development of underrepresented American minorities. Since its founding in 1969, NAM’s success has been due to the contributions of its founders, its members, and its many dedicated and generous supporters, key stakeholders, and partners. Johnny Houston, Chair of NAM’s Historical and Archival Committee (NAM-HAC), serves as primary advisor/consultant to Zala Films for JBM and the video biographies. Houston was given an award in 2025 by SLMath for helping to make possible the JBM film series: Journeys of Black Mathematicians. www.nam-math.org

The Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute (SLMath), formerly known as the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI), is one of the world’s preeminent centers for collaborative research in mathematics. Located in Berkeley, California, the mission of SLMath is to advance mathematical research, foster talent and community, and further the appreciation and understanding of mathematics. It is a place where breakthroughs are made, research areas are created, and brilliant careers are launched. SLMath strives to make mathematics accessible and exciting to those outside the field through film production for public television and the Mathical Books youth literature prize and book distribution program. SLMath has been supported since its origins by the U.S. National Science Foundation, with additional support from other government agencies, private foundations, corporations, individual donors, and over 110 academic institutions worldwide. slmath.org

Zala Films specializes in the production and distribution of documentaries by filmmaker and writer George Csicsery. These include Where the Heart Roams (1987), an off-beat piece of first world anthropology about romance writers and their fans, and N is a Number: A Portrait of Paul Erdős (1993), which pioneered a niche for biographies of mathematicians. Other mathematical films produced by Zala Films include porridge pulleys and Pi: Two Mathematical Journeys (2003); Hard Problems (2008); Julia Robinson and Hilbert’s Tenth Problem (2008); Taking the Long View (2011); Counting from Infinity (2015); Navajo Math Circles (2016); Secrets of the Surface (2020); and the Journeys of Black Mathematicians series of two films, Forging Resilience (2024) and Creating Pathways (2025). George Csicsery received the 2009 Joint Policy Board for Mathematics (JPBM) Communications Award for bringing mathematics to non-mathematical audiences. Films made by George Csicsery have been broadcasted on public television stations via PBS, POV and APT, on the Sundance Channel, Discovery Canada, The Learning Channel, NHK-Japan, RAI-Italy, VPRO-Netherlands, SBS-Australia, Duna and Hir-TVs (Hungary). George Csicsery is the producer of the video biographies series in the NAM Sub-Collection. www.zalafilms.com

The Robert W. Woodruff Library is located in the Atlanta University Center (AUC) in Atlanta, Georgia, and houses the AUC Archives Research Center. Established in 1982, the library is named in honor of the late Robert Winship Woodruff, a philanthropist and former CEO of The Coca-Cola Company. The library serves three Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in the Atlanta University Center: Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse College, and Spelman College. Beyond its aesthetic appeal, this state-of-the-art facility has become a leading repository of information resources and an innovator in the delivery of digital content. The Archives Research Center in AUC Woodruff Library is renowned for its extensive collection of materials related to the African American experience, including the Morehouse College Martin Luther King, Jr. Collection, Benjamin E. Mays Collection, the Joseph Echols Lowery and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, and NAM’s Collection on Black mathematicians. The following links provide more details about the library and its archival collections:

• https://www.auctr.edu
• https://www.auctr.edu/archives-and-collections/archives/