Conceiving Ada (1997)
Emmy Coer, a computer genius, devises a method of communicating with the past by tapping into undying information waves. She manages to reach the world of Ada Lovelace, founder of the idea of a computer language and proponent of the possibilities of the "difference engine." Ada's ideas were stifled and unfulfilled because of the reality of life as a woman in the nineteenth century. Emmy has a plan to defeat death and the past using her own DNA as a communicative agent to the past, bringing Ada to the present. But what are the possible ramifications?
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| Filmmakers | Role |
|---|---|
| Lynn Hershman Leeson | Director |
| Lynn Hershman Leeson | Writer |
| Eileen Jones | Writer |
| Sadie Plant | Writer |
| Betty A. Toole | Writer |
| Lynn Hershman Leeson | Producer |
| Henry S. Rosenthal | Producer |
| The Residents | Composer |
| Hiro Narita | Cinematographer |
| Bill Zarchy | Cinematographer |
| Robert Dalva | Editor |
| Lynn Hershman Leeson | Production Designer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Tilda Swinton | |
| Francesca Faridany | |
| Timothy Leary | |
| Karen Black |
