Last night I had the good fortune to attend a screening of To Dream Tomorrow, a new documentary of Ada Byron Lovelace directed by John Fuegi and Jo Francis. The film is an extraordinary piece of work and a must see for anyone interested in the history of computing.
Among other things, I learned that in addition to her mathematical genius, Ada Byron Lovelace was also keenly intertested in anatomy (perhaps as a result of being bound to her own debilitated body: she died at age 37). This makes me want to ponder connections to another remarkable woman of the age.
This documentary sounds interesting. I've seen Lynn Hershman's amazing film, "Conceiving Ada," (which I discovered because I did work in my dissertation on time-travel films) and certainly want to know more about Ada Byron Lovelace. Do you know the status of "To Dream Tomorrow" (how it's being distributed, that sort of thing)?
Posted by: chuck tryon at March 15, 2003 06:06 PM | Link to CommentGood question but I don't know the answer, Chuck. My best advice would be to email the directors at the address provided on the film's site.