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Now showing — Making science: reimagining STEM education in middle school and beyond · 5 works

  • Children of Men Film · 2000s

    Children of Men is a 2006 dystopian action thriller film directed and co-written by Alfonso Cuarón. The screenplay, based on P. D. James' 1992 novel The Children of Men, was credited to five writers, with Clive Owen making uncredited contributions. The film is set in 2027, when two decades of human infertility have...

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  • The Red Shoes Film · 1940s

    The Red Shoes is a 1948 British dance drama film written, produced and directed by the duo of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. It follows Victoria Page, an aspiring ballerina who joins the world-renowned Ballet Lermontov, owned and operated by Boris Lermontov, who tests her dedication to the ballet by making h...

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  • Taxi Tehran Film · 2010s

    A filmmaker banned from making films drives a taxi with a hidden camera. Cinema finds a way.

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  • 2023 Philippine television drama series

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  • essay by James Gleick

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