Presented as part of<img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/eventive-static/e11a29b8324a1c9746d51d41c12db463.png" width="286">Science on Screen® is an initiative of the Coolidge Corner Theatre. With major support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

Today, women make up less than one-quarter of all those employed in STEM occupations in the United States. These numbers are much worse for women of color: Asian, black women, and Latinas made up slightly less than 10% of working scientists and engineers in the United States in 2015. Science is supposed to be built on objectivity, and yet, most researchers agree that these bleak numbers are evidence of deep bias. Over the course of careers, small slights add up to prevent many women from achieving leadership positions in STEM fields. And sometimes, tragically, brilliant women drop out altogether. But now, the terrain is shifting. This film chronicles the groundswell of women scientists who are changing the face of science in the United States and around the world. Using dogged research techniques and careful data collection, these women are not only contributing to our understanding of what keeps women scientists down, but advocating for a more diverse and inclusive future for all. The film will take a novel, collaborative approach to its storytelling, allowing the scientists themselves to guide the narrative of the film. Science is therefore both the subject of the film, and also — through our three main characters — its guiding sensibility, providing viewers a deeper understanding of what it takes to be a scientist. Equal parts insightful and inspiring, this film will illuminate both the hard data and the very human stories of women in science.

PICTURE A SCIENTIST

Equal parts insightful and inspiring, this film will illuminate both the hard data and the very human stories of women in science.

Post-film discussion about women in STEM professions in Utah with Moderator Havilah Clarke, communications consultant; Jean Marie Wheeler, Director of Quality and Regulatory, Total Joint Orthopedics; Tina Larson, President and COO of Recursion; and Dr. Cynthia Furse, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Utah

Post-film Discussion - Picture a Scientist

Post-film discussion about women in STEM professions in Utah

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