| Conceiving Ada | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Lynn Hershman Leeson |
| Produced by | Lynn Hershman Leeson, Henry S. Rosenthal |
| Written by | Lynn Hershman Leeson Eileen Jones |
| Starring | Tilda Swinton Francesca Faridany Timothy Leary Karen Black John O'Keefe John Perry Barlow J.D. Wolfe |
| Release date(s) | 10 September 1997 |
| Running time | 85 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Conceiving Ada is a 1997 movie produced, written, and directed by Lynn Hershman Leeson. Produced by Lynn Hershman Leeson and Henry S. Rosenthal. Directors of Photography: Hiro Narita, Bill Zarchy
Emmy Coer is a computer scientist obsessed with Countess Ada Lovelace, author of the first computer algorithm, written for Charles Babbage's "difference engine". She finds a way of communicating with people in the past by way of "undying information waves". In the film, Ada's ideas are portrayed as limited by discrimination against women in technology, science and mathematics in her time. Much of the story revolves around Coer's attempts to use genetic engineering to bring Countess Lovelace into the present.