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FULL TITLE: Journeys of Black Mathematicians: Creating Pathways (for Individual Purchase - Open Captions)

Journeys of Black Mathematicians: Creating Pathways (2025) highlights the lives of Black mathematicians who pursued their education at predominantly White institutions. The film gauges the i...

FULL TITLE: Journeys of Black Mathematicians: Creating Pathways (for Individual Purchase)

Journeys of Black Mathematicians: Creating Pathways (2025) highlights the lives of Black mathematicians who pursued their education at predominantly White institutions. The film gauges the impacts of segreg...

FULL TITLE: Journeys of Black Mathematicians: Creating Pathways (for Institutional Purchase with Open Captions)

Journeys of Black Mathematicians: Creating Pathways (2025) highlights the lives of Black mathematicians who pursued their education at predominantly White institutions. The film gauges...

FULL TITLE: Journeys of Black Mathematicians: Creating Pathways (for Institutional Purchase)

Journeys of Black Mathematicians: Creating Pathways (2025) highlights the lives of Black mathematicians who pursued their education at predominantly White institutions. The film gauges the impacts of seg...

FULL TITLE: Journeys of Black Mathematicians: Forging Resilience (for Individual Use with Open Captions)

Journeys of Black Mathematicians: Forging Resilience traces the evolution of a culture of Black scholars, scientists and educators. The film follows the stories of prominent pioneers, showing...

FULL TITLE: Journeys of Black Mathematicians: Forging Resilience (for Individual Purchase)

Journeys of Black Mathematicians: Forging Resilience traces the evolution of a culture of Black scholars, scientists and educators. The film follows the stories of prominent pioneers, showing how the chall...

FULL TITLE: Journeys of Black Mathematicians: Forging Resilience (for Institutional Purchase with Open Captions)

Journeys of Black Mathematicians: Forging Resilience traces the evolution of a culture of Black scholars, scientists and educators. The film follows the stories of prominent pioneers,...

FULL TITLE: Journeys of Black Mathematicians: Forging Resilience (for Institutional Purchase)

Journeys of Black Mathematicians: Forging Resilience traces the evolution of a culture of Black scholars, scientists and educators. The film follows the stories of prominent pioneers, showing how the ch...

FULL TITLE: Secrets of the Surface: The Mathematical Vision of Maryam Mirzakhani (Japanese Subtitles, for Institutional Purchase)

Filmed in Canada, Iran, and the United States, Secrets of the Surface: The
Mathematical Vision of Maryam Mirzakhani examines the life and mathematical
work of Maryam ...

FULL TITLE: Secrets of the Surface: The Mathematical Vision of Maryam Mirzakhani (Japanese Subtitles, for Individual Purchase)

Filmed in Canada, Iran, and the United States, Secrets of the Surface: The
Mathematical Vision of Maryam Mirzakhani examines the life and mathematical
work of Maryam Mir...

FULL TITLE: Secrets of the Surface: The Mathematical Vision of Maryam Mirzakhani (Portuguese Subtitles, for Institutional Purchase)

Filmed in Canada, Iran, and the United States, Secrets of the Surface: The
Mathematical Vision of Maryam Mirzakhani examines the life and mathematical
work of Marya...

FULL TITLE: Secrets of the Surface: The Mathematical Vision of Maryam Mirzakhani (Portuguese Subtitles, for Individual Purchase)

Filmed in Canada, Iran, and the United States, Secrets of the Surface: The
Mathematical Vision of Maryam Mirzakhani examines the life and mathematical
work of Maryam M...

FULL TITLE: Secrets of the Surface: The Mathematical Vision of Maryam Mirzakhani (Korean Subtitles, for Institutional Purchase)

Filmed in Canada, Iran, and the United States, Secrets of the Surface: The
Mathematical Vision of Maryam Mirzakhani examines the life and mathematical
work of Maryam Mi...

FULL TITLE: Secrets of the Surface: The Mathematical Vision of Maryam Mirzakhani (Korean Subtitles, for Individual Purchase)

Filmed in Canada, Iran, and the United States, Secrets of the Surface: The
Mathematical Vision of Maryam Mirzakhani examines the life and mathematical
work of Maryam Mirza...

FULL TITLE: Secrets of the Surface: The Mathematical Vision of Maryam Mirzakhani (Spanish Subtitles, for Institutional Purchase)

Filmed in Canada, Iran, and the United States, Secrets of the Surface: The
Mathematical Vision of Maryam Mirzakhani examines the life and mathematical
work of Maryam M...

FULL TITLE: Secrets of the Surface: The Mathematical Vision of Maryam Mirzakhani (Spanish Subtitles, for Individual Purchase)

Filmed in Canada, Iran, and the United States, Secrets of the Surface: The
Mathematical Vision of Maryam Mirzakhani examines the life and mathematical
work of Maryam Mirz...

FULL TITLE: Secrets of the Surface: The Mathematical Vision of Maryam Mirzakhani (Italian Subtitles, for Institutional Purchase)

Filmed in Canada, Iran, and the United States, Secrets of the Surface: The
Mathematical Vision of Maryam Mirzakhani examines the life and mathematical
work of Maryam M...

FULL TITLE: Secrets of the Surface: The Mathematical Vision of Maryam Mirzakhani (Italian Subtitles, for Individual Purchase

Filmed in Canada, Iran, and the United States, Secrets of the Surface: The
Mathematical Vision of Maryam Mirzakhani examines the life and mathematical
work of Maryam Mirza...

FULL TITLE: Secrets of the Surface: The Mathematical Vision of Maryam Mirzakhani (French Subtitles, for Institutional Purchase)

Filmed in Canada, Iran, and the United States, Secrets of the Surface: The
Mathematical Vision of Maryam Mirzakhani examines the life and mathematical
work of Maryam Mi...

FULL TITLE: Secrets of the Surface: The Mathematical Vision of Maryam Mirzakhani (French Subtitles, for Individual Purchase)

Filmed in Canada, Iran, and the United States, Secrets of the Surface: The
Mathematical Vision of Maryam Mirzakhani examines the life and mathematical
work of Maryam Mirza...

FULL TITLE: Secrets of the Surface: The Mathematical Vision of Maryam Mirzakhani (Chinese Subtitles, for Institutional Purchase)

Filmed in Canada, Iran, and the United States, Secrets of the Surface: The
Mathematical Vision of Maryam Mirzakhani examines the life and mathematical
work of Maryam M...

FULL TITLE: Secrets of the Surface: The Mathematical Vision of Maryam Mirzakhani (Chinese Subtitles, for Individual Purchase)

Filmed in Canada, Iran, and the United States, Secrets of the Surface: The
Mathematical Vision of Maryam Mirzakhani examines the life and mathematical
work of Maryam Mirz...

FULL TITLE: Secrets of the Surface: The Mathematical Vision of Maryam Mirzakhani (Arabic Subtitles, for Institutional Purchase)

Filmed in Canada, Iran, and the United States, Secrets of the Surface: The
Mathematical Vision of Maryam Mirzakhani examines the life and mathematical
work of Maryam Mi...

FULL TITLE: Secrets of the Surface: The Mathematical Vision of Maryam Mirzakhani (Arabic Subtitles, for Individual Purchase)
Filmed in Canada, Iran, and the United States, Secrets of the Surface: The
Mathematical Vision of Maryam Mirzakhani examines the life and mathematical
work of Maryam Mirzak...

FULL TITLE: Secrets of the Surface: The Mathematical Vision of Maryam Mirzakhani (Turkish Subtitles, for Institutional Purchase)

**Please note: Each 'chapter' is the complete film, with a running time of 59 minutes. Please just choose the language you want and buy that chapter.

Filmed in Canad...

FULL TITLE: Secrets of the Surface: The Mathematical Vision of Maryam Mirzakhani (Turkish Subtitles, For Individual Purchase)

Filmed in Canada, Iran, and the United States, Secrets of the Surface: The
Mathematical Vision of Maryam Mirzakhani examines the life and mathematical
work of Maryam Mir...

FULL TITLE: Secrets of the Surface Persian Subtitles (For Institutional Purchase)
Filmed in Canada, Iran, and the United States, Secrets of the Surface: The
Mathematical Vision of Maryam Mirzakhani examines the life and mathematical
work of Maryam Mirzakhani, an Iranian immigrant to the United St...

Filmed in Canada, Iran, and the United States, Secrets of the Surface: The
Mathematical Vision of Maryam Mirzakhani examines the life and mathematical
work of Maryam Mirzakhani, an Iranian immigrant to the United States who became
a superstar in her field. In 2014, she was both the first woman an...

FULL TITLE: Secrets of the Surface: The Mathematical Vision of Maryam Mirzakhani (English Open-Captioned, for Institutional Purchase)

Filmed in Canada, Iran, and the United States, Secrets of the Surface: The
Mathematical Vision of Maryam Mirzakhani examines the life and mathematical
work of Mar...

FULL TITLE: Secrets of the Surface: The Mathematical Vision of Maryam Mirzakhani (English Open-Captioned, for Individual Purchase)

Filmed in Canada, Iran, and the United States, Secrets of the Surface: The
Mathematical Vision of Maryam Mirzakhani examines the life and mathematical
work of Maryam...

FULL TITLE: Secrets of the Surface: The Mathematical Vision of Maryam Mirzakhani (for Institutional Purchase)
Filmed in Canada, Iran, and the United States, Secrets of the Surface: The
Mathematical Vision of Maryam Mirzakhani examines the life and mathematical
work of Maryam Mirzakhani, an Irania...

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Filmed in Canada, Iran, and the United States, Secrets of the Surface: The
Mathematical Vision of Maryam Mirzakhani examines the life and mathematical
work of Maryam Mirzakhani, an Iranian immigrant to the United States who became
a superstar in her field. In 2014, she was both the ...

Hard Problems is a feature documentary about the extraordinarily gifted students who represented the United States in 2006 at the world's toughest math competition—the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO). It is the story of six American high school students who competed with 500 others from...

FULL TITLE: Hard Problems: The Road to the World's Toughest Math Contest

Hard Problems is a feature documentary about the extraordinarily gifted students who represented the United States in 2006 at the world's toughest math competition—the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO). It is the st...

A man with no home and no job, Paul Erdős (1913–1996) was the most prolific mathematician who ever lived. Erdős inspired generations of mathematicians throughout the world with his insightful approach and wry humor. N is a Number: A Portrait of Paul Erdős follows him for four years through four c...

A man with no home and no job, Paul Erdős (1913–1996) was the most prolific mathematician who ever lived. Erdős inspired generations of mathematicians throughout the world with his insightful approach and wry humor. N is a Number: A Portrait of Paul Erdős follows him for four years through four c...

A video celebrating the 100th birthday of Paul Erdős, one of the 20th century's greatest mathematicians.

Concentrating on the legacy of Paul Erdős in mathematics, Erdős 100 presents interviews filmed in 2012 and 2013 with mathematicians László Lovász, Endre Szemerédi, Vera Sós, László Babai, And...

FULL TITLE: Taking the Long View: The Life of Shiing-shen Chern (For Institutional Purchase)

Taking the Long View examines the life of a remarkable mathematician whose formidable mathematical contributions were matched by an approach and vision that helped build bridges between China and the Wes...

FULL TITLE: Taking the Long View: The Life of Shiing-shen Chern (For Individual Purchase)

Taking the Long View examines the life of a remarkable mathematician whose formidable mathematical contributions were matched by an approach and vision that helped build bridges between China and the West. ...

FULL TITLE: Taking the Long View: The Life of Shiing-shen Chern (with Chinese Subtitles, for Institutional Purchase)

Taking the Long View examines the life of a remarkable mathematician whose formidable mathematical contributions were matched by an approach and vision that helped build bridges b...

FULL TITLE: Taking the Long View: The Life of Shiing-shen Chern (with Chinese Subtitles, for Individual Purchase)

Taking the Long View examines the life of a remarkable mathematician whose formidable mathematical contributions were matched by an approach and vision that helped build bridges betw...

FULL TITLE: Julia Robinson and Hilbert's Tenth Problem (for Individual Purchase)

A one-hour biographical documentary, Julia Robinson and Hilbert's Tenth Problem tells the story of an important American mathematician against a background of mathematical ideas.

Julia Robinson, a pioneer among Am...

FULL TITLE: Julia Robinson and Hilbert's Tenth Problem (for Institutional Purchase)

A one-hour biographical documentary, Julia Robinson and Hilbert's Tenth Problem tells the story of an important American mathematician against a background of mathematical ideas.

Julia Robinson, a pioneer among...

In April 2013, a lecturer at the University of New Hampshire submitted a paper to the Annals of Mathematics. Within weeks word spread-- a little-known mathematician, with no permanent job, working in complete isolation had made an important breakthrough towards solving the Twin Prime Conjecture. ...

In April 2013, a lecturer at the University of New Hampshire submitted a paper to the Annals of Mathematics. Within weeks word spread-- a little-known mathematician, with no permanent job, working in complete isolation had made an important breakthrough towards solving the Twin Prime Conjecture. ...

In April 2013, a lecturer at the University of New Hampshire submitted a paper to the Annals of Mathematics. Within weeks word spread-- a little-known mathematician, with no permanent job, working in complete isolation had made an important breakthrough towards solving the Twin Prime Conjecture. ...

In April 2013, a lecturer at the University of New Hampshire submitted a paper to the Annals of Mathematics. Within weeks word spread-- a little-known mathematician, with no permanent job, working in complete isolation had made an important breakthrough towards solving the Twin Prime Conjecture. ...

Television: The Enchanted Mirror

A film by
Julene Bair and George Csicsery

Television: The Enchanted Mirror is a half-hour color film featuring interviews with TV directors, writers, an ABC executive in charge of standards and practices, a brain behavior scientist, an advertiser, and members of...

This 21-minute film was prepared for Ron Graham's 80th birthday. It celebrates Graham's remarkable career as a mathematician and magician, as well as his important leadership roles in many of the institutions that support the pursuit of mathematics throughout the world. The film contains outtakes...

Songs Along a Stony Road tells the story of Transylvania’s living folk musicians, and of Zoltán Kallós, their guardian angel, intercutting musical performances with scenes from daily life.

http://zalafilms.com/films/stony.html

TEALIA

A ballet by John McFall
featuring Betsy Erickson and Vane Vest
of the San Francisco Ballet

(1977)
10 minutes, color/sound

Produced by Ellen Kutten
Directed by George Csicsery

Inspired by the undulations of sea anemones, Tealia, was originally choreographed by John McFall for the San ...

FULL TITLE: Hungry For Monsters: A Tale from a New Age Witch Hunt

HUNGRY FOR MONSTERS depicts a nightmare of persecution and injustice as it traces one family's encounter with recovered memory therapy and the implantation of false memories. A mysterious medieval quality haunts the lives of the p...

Mathematician Tomasz Łuczak describes a particular view of the difference between mathematics and physics. The interview was filmed at the Erdős Centennial conference held at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Budapest in July 2013.

Filmed in Hungary and the United States between 1988 and 1995 Troop 214 is a personal odyssey of exile and return. Music, pageantry, and clashing ideologies mark this historical exploration of two competing youth organizations—Hungarian Scouts and Communist Pioneers, and their cultures. Troop 214...

A documentary look at the world of romance writers and their fans, "Where the Heart Roams" tells the story of Chelley Kitzmiller, a Southern California woman in love with romance novels, who organized a conference on wheels so that romance writers could travel on a train from Los Angeles to New Y...

A portrait of two very different mathematicians, porridge pulleys and Pi features Fields medalist Vaughan Jones, one of the world’s foremost knot theorists and an avid windsurfer, and Hendrik Lenstra, a number theorist with a passion for Homer and all things classical.

porridge pulleys and Pi po...

In October 1967 the filmmaker was beaten at an antiwar demonstration in Oakland, California. Thirty years later he set out to find the police officers who were present at that event—his best clue, a news photograph of himself getting clubbed. The Thursday Club is for anyone interested in the expl...

FULL TITLE: To Prove and Conjecture: Excerpts from Three Lectures by Paul Erdős

The material on this DVD was filmed in 1989 and 1991 during production of N is a Number: A Portrait of Paul Erdös (1993), a one-hour documentary about Paul Erdös. The DVD contains a total of 54 minutes of Paul Erdös ...

"Navajo Math Circles" follows Navajo students in a lively collaboration with mathematicians. Using a model called math circles, the students stay late after school and assemble over the summer at Diné College in Tsaile, Arizona, to study mathematics. The math circles approach emphasizes student-c...

"Navajo Math Circles" follows Navajo students in a lively collaboration with mathematicians. Using a model called math circles, the students stay late after school and assemble over the summer at Diné College in Tsaile, Arizona, to study mathematics. The math circles approach emphasizes student-c...

"Navajo Math Circles" follows Navajo students in a lively collaboration with mathematicians. Using a model called math circles, the students stay late after school and assemble over the summer at Diné College in Tsaile, Arizona, to study mathematics. The math circles approach emphasizes student-c...

"Navajo Math Circles" follows Navajo students in a lively collaboration with mathematicians. Using a model called math circles, the students stay late after school and assemble over the summer at Diné College in Tsaile, Arizona, to study mathematics. The math circles approach emphasizes student-c...