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In a 2016 article I wrote a short history of the recent films on mathematicians until 2015. The paper was published by the title Cinema and Mathematics: Recent Developments [M. Emmer (Imagine Math 5. IVSLA & UMI, 2016)]. Since then there have been interesting developments.
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M. Emmer, Cinema, literature and mathematics: recent developments, in Imagine Math 5, ed. by M. Emmer, M. Abate, M. Falcone, M. Villarreal, (IVSLA & UMI, Unione Matematica Italiana, Bologna, 2016), pp. 75–90
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A Beautiful Mind, director Ron Howard, with Russel Crowe, Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly, script Akiwa Goldsman, USA (2001)
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Hidden Figures, director, Theodore Melfi, with Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst, subject Margot Lee Shetterly, USA (2016)
M.L. Shetterly, Hidden Figures, The Untold True Story of Four African-American Women who Helped Launch Our Nation Into Space, HarperCollins, USA (2016)
Gifted, director, Marc Web, with Chris Evans, McKenna grace, Lindsay Duncan, Octavia Spencer, script Tom Flynn, USA (2017)
X + Y, director Morgan Matthews, with Asa Butterfield, Rafe Spall, Sallt Hawkins, Eddie Marsanm Jo Wang, script James Graham, UK (2015)
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Emmer, M. (2020). Homage to Octavia Spencer. In: Emmer, M., Abate, M. (eds) Imagine Math 7. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42653-8_7
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