CINEMATH: A Festival of Math Films
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A free screening of this fascinating documentary exploring the science, art, creativity and ingenuity of many of the world's best paper folders. |
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Meet the filmmaker, Vanessa Gould (greenfusefilms.com). |
At the Providence Public Library
Auditorium, Third Floor
150 Empire Street, Providence, RI
Free screenings:
Stand and Deliver (PG)
Based on the story of real-life math teacher Jaime Escalante, who turned gang members and kids with no hope into successful calculus students.
April 17, 1:00 pm
Good Will Hunting (R)
Charismatic, rebellious, and brilliant Will Hunting solves a math problem, and along the way tries to solve his personal problems.
April 17, 2:55 pm
A Beautiful Mind (PG-13)
An Oscar®-winning biopic of the meteoric rise of John Forbes Nash Jr., a math prodigy able to solve problems that baffled the greatest of minds, and how he overcame years of suffering through schizophrenia to win the Nobel Prize.
April 18, 1:30 pm
On Rhode Island PBS
Hunting the Hidden Dimension
What do movie special effects, the stock market, heart attacks and the rings of Saturn have in common? They're all connected by a branch of math called fractals.
April 12, 9:00 pm
Hard Problems: The Road to the Toughest Math Contest
Follow six exceptional high school students who represented the U.S. in the 2006 International Mathematical Olympiad.
April 15 8:00 pm
Between the Folds
An engaging portrait of ten artists and theoretical scientists, fusing mathematics and sculpture in the medium of origami.
April 15, 7:00 pm
Also tune in to view:
Gearing Up
About the 35,000 high-school students from around the U.S. who participate in an engineering contest sponsored by FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology).
April 14, 10:00 pm
It All Adds Up
A heart-warming profile of teachers and students of Wayne State University's "Math Corps" and struggling middle and high-school students from Detroit's public schools as they explore vital math and life skills.
April 15, 10:00 pm
Designing the Future
On the power of innovation to transform lives by spotlighting exciting new breakthroughs in science and technology.
April 15, 10:30 pm
Cinemath 2010 is made possible by the American Mathematical Society, AMTRAK, ClickWhirlImage, Providence Public Library, and Rhode Island PBS