Introductions Necessary
- Autor: Vários
- Narrador: Vários
- Editora: Podcast
- Duração: 16:39:26
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Sinopse
Now airing season two celebrating women working "above the line" in film and television.
Episódios
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Kathleen Collins
13/03/2017 Duração: 06minKathleen Collins deserves respect for managing to produce her feature film Losing Ground even before you consider that she achieved this in 1982 as an independent filmmaker. But what earns her place in history is that when she wrote and directed Losing Ground, she was one of the first African-American women to produce a feature+ Read More
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Amy Heckerling
27/02/2017 Duração: 08minSometimes, a director makes a film that becomes engrained in the culture of a generation. It affects the slang, the fashion, and the attitude of popular culture. They launch superstar careers, images from the film become iconic, and scenes are parodied for decades to come. And in very rare cases, one director manages to repeat+ Read More
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Penelope Spheeris
19/02/2017 Duração: 06minCalled a Rock ‘n Roll Anthropologist screenwriter, producer, and director Penelope Spheeris has spent much of her career delving into the world of the social outsider.
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Ava DuVernay
19/02/2017 Duração: 08minYou are likely familiar with the name Ava DuVernay. As a filmmaker, she’s repeatedly made history as the first African-American woman to be nominated for and win multiple top awards. Her career has ranged through both fiction and documentary, and many different facets of the production process including writing, directing, and producing.
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Gurinder Chadha
23/01/2017 Duração: 07minWhen describing her work, director Gurinder Chadha says, “I tell stories about people audiences might think they have nothing in common with…then they emotionally connect with them and find they’re not different at all.” Chadha is one the most successful directors in Britain, thanks in large part to the global success of her film Bend+ Read More
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Carrie Fisher
07/01/2017 Duração: 07minWelcome to our second season, Introductions Necessary: Above the Line. I wanted to start this season on a personal note. As a screenwriter and director, I’ve been inspired by many of the women we’re going to feature this year. But our first episode focuses on someone who was a role model for me and many+ Read More
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2016 In Review – Thank You
31/12/2016 Duração: 01minYou’ve been listening to Introductions Necessary, a production of Nine Hour Films. First a look back at 2016, then forward to season two.
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The Mars Generation
31/12/2016 Duração: 02minInspired by pioneers like Sally Ride and Mae Jemison, many young women are hoping to be chosen for that mission. Three of those hopefuls are Alyssa Carson, Abby Harrison, and Taylor Richardson.
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Yvonne Brill
30/12/2016 Duração: 02minYvonne Brill wanted to study engineering but had to settle for science and mathematics as the dean wouldn’t allow women in that department-but that didn’t stop her from becoming one of the world’s leading designers of jet propulsion systems.
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Ruby Hirose
29/12/2016 Duração: 02minBiochemist Ruby Hirose made major contributions to the development of vaccines against infantile paralysis and found a way to improve the pollen extracts that help sufferers of hay fever.
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Mary Sherman Morgan
28/12/2016 Duração: 02minMary Sherman Morgan is said to have single handedly saved the US Space Program – but most people had no idea they work she did – including her own son who turned her story into a play and then a biography, Rocket Girl.
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Susan Margulies
27/12/2016 Duração: 02minAs a leader in the field of head and lung trauma and their impact on the human body, Dr. Susan Margulies is making great strides in understanding how our bodies respond to trauma.
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Mary Fairfax Somerville
26/12/2016 Duração: 02minMary Somerville was called “The Queen of Nineteenth-Century Science” after she overcame many obstacles, including family who believed she shouldn’t study math and science.
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Danielle George
25/12/2016 Duração: 02minSince their inception in 1825, the Christmas Lectures have been presented by the Royal Institution of Great Britain in an effort to introduce a young audience to subjects through spectacular demonstrations. In the 189 years of this lecture series only a handful of women have been asked to present, with the sixth of these being+ Read More
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Jade Raymond
24/12/2016 Duração: 02minIf you are a fan of the first Assassin’s Creed game or played the SIMS online, you have programmer and producer Jade Raymond to thank.
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Margaret Lowman
23/12/2016 Duração: 02minThe author of over 100 peer reviewed scientific papers and 10 books on forest conservation, Dr. Margaret Lowman has earned her title as Canopy Meg.
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Kimberly Bryant
22/12/2016 Duração: 02minWhile African-American, Latina, and Native American women are considered prolific users of technology only around 3 percent of high-tech jobs are filled by African-American women. Kimberly Bryant wants to move this group from being seen as simply consumers of technology to being its creators.
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Annie Easley
21/12/2016 Duração: 02minFrom a young age, Annie Easley’s mother had told her that she could be anything she wanted, but she would have to work for it. She became a human computer and then computer programmer.
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Joanne Liu
20/12/2016 Duração: 02minBorn in Quebec City to a Chinese immigrant family, Joanne Liu decided to become a pediatrician at an early age. She became the international president of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) (aka Doctors without Borders) in 2013.
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Valerie Thomas
19/12/2016 Duração: 02minWanting to provide inspiration to young people that also might not been encouraged to pursue math and science as careers NASA scientist Valerie Thomas was a mentor to youths through Science Mathematics Aerospace Research and Technology and the National Technical Association.