Description |
1 online resource (16 min.) |
Series |
LGBT studies in video |
Summary |
Examines the life and accomplishments of English mathematician Alan Turing, considered to be the father of the modern-day computer, whose Enigma machine succeeded in cracking the Nazi code and was instrumental in the Allied victory in World War II. Explores Turing's homosexuality and mysterious death |
Notes |
Originally released as a motion picture in 2008 |
Cast |
Interviewed: Andrew Hodges; Paul Harfleet; Tony Sale; Hugh Davies |
Notes |
This edition in English |
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Frameline Film Festival 2009, official selection; Palm Springs International 2009, official selection; Outfest 2009, official selection; Imagine Science 2009, official selection |
Subject |
Turing, Alan, 1912-1954
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SUBJECT |
Turing, Alan, 1912-1954 fast (OCoLC)fst00117605 |
Subject |
Enigma cipher system.
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Mathematicians -- Great Britain -- Biography
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Enigma cipher system.
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Mathematicians.
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Great Britain.
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Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Nonfiction films.
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Short films.
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Short films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Courts métrages.
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Films autres que de fiction.
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Form |
Streaming video
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Author |
Hodges, Andrew, author, interviewee (expression)
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Racster, Christopher, 1969- director.
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Archer Productions, production company.
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Frameline (Firm), film distributor.
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