Title Decoding Alan Turing / a film by Christopher Racster

Published [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2015

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Description 1 online resource (streaming video file) Summary Alan Turing was a brilliant mathematician, logician and cryptographer. A Cambridge graduate who was fundamental to cracking the Nazi's Enigma Code during WWII, Turing created what is hailed by some as the first modern computer and was a legendary innovator in his field. He was also gay, and fell victim to the intolerance and legal prosecution of his time, as homosexuality was considered an extreme mental illness and subject to criminal sanctions in the UK. Turing was pursued legally based on his sexual orientation, and eventually ruined professionally, exiled from his colleagues, and forced to undergo chemical castration in an attempt to "cure" him. Posthumously, Turing is lauded; universities around the world have programs and buildings in his name, and, since 1966, the Turing Award has been given each year by the Association for Computing Machinery, widely considered to be the computing world's equivalent to the Nobel Prize. This short documentary features interviews with those who knew him, and those who have studied him, to examine the life of one of the most profound LGBT historical figures, and a man who changed the course of history for the entire world Analysis History - Military History - Modern LGBT Notes Title from title frames In Process Record Performer Features: Dr. Andrew Hodges, Dr. Tony Sale, Hugh Davies, Paul Harfleet Event Originally produced by Frameline in 2009 Notes In English Subject Turing, Alan, 1912-1954. SUBJECT Turing, Alan, 1912-1954. fast (OCoLC)fst00117605 Subject Enigma cipher system. Mathematicians -- Great Britain -- Biography Gay men -- Great Britain -- Biography Mathematicians. Gay men. Enigma cipher system. Internet videos. Streaming video. Great Britain. Genre/Form Biographies. Documentary films. Short films. Biographical films. Nonfiction films. Internet videos. Documentary films. Nonfiction films. Biographical films. Short films. Internet videos. Documentaires. Films autres que de fiction. Films biographiques. Courts métrages. Vidéos sur Internet. Form Streaming video Author Racster, Christopher, 1969- filmmaker. Hodges, Andrew. Frameline (Firm) Kanopy (Firm)

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