Conceiving Ada (1999)
Directed by Lynn Hershman-Leeson
Emmy Coer, a computer genius, devises a method of communicating with the past by tapping into undying information waves. She manages to reach the world of Ada Lovelace, founder of the idea of a computer language and proponent of the possibilities of the "difference engine." Ada's ideas were stifled and unfulfilled because of the reality of life as a woman in the nineteenth century. Emmy has a plan to defeat death and the past using her own DNA as a communicative agent to the past, bringing Ada to the present. But what are the possible ramifications?
Genre: Science Fiction, Drama, Fantasy
Language: en
Countries: Canada, United States of America
Production
Cinematographers: Bill Zarchy, Hiro Narita · Editor: Robert Dalva · Production Design: Lynn Hershman-Leeson
Production: Complex Corporation
No screenings currently available. Check back for future screenings.
