The Uprising - An MIT Press Documentary Short
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- Time alone doesn’t change things. People change things.
The Uprising tells the story of the unprecedented behind-the-scenes effort that amassed irrefutable evidence of differential treatment of men and women on the MIT faculty in the 1990s. Featuring biologist Nancy Hopkins, the film chronicles the experiences of marginalization and discouragement that accompanied Hopkins’ research and highlights the steps a group of sixteen women faculty members took to make science more diverse and equitable at MIT.
The Uprising features interviews with leading MIT scientists, including social psychologist Lotte Bailyn, biomedical engineer Sangeeta N. Bhatia, chemist Sylvia Ceyer, ecologist Sallie (Penny) Chisholm, engineer Lorna Gibson, biologist Ruth Lehmann, geophysicist and president of the National Academy of Sciences Marcia McNutt, cognitive scientist Mary Potter, oceanographer Paola Rizzoli, geophysicist Leigh Royden, and biologist Lisa Steiner.
The Uprising was funded by a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, as well as support from Nancy Blachman and an anonymous donor. The film was directed by Ian Cheney and Sharon Shattuck and produced by Manette Pottle, in collaboration with the MIT Press. Amy Brand, director and publisher at the MIT Press, served as executive producer.
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The Uprising
2021 | 13 minutes | Documentary Short
Directed by Ian Cheney and Sharon Shattuck
Produced in collaboration with the MIT Press
It could and does happen based on gender, skin color, age, body type, religion, language, and nationality. I studied and worked at MIT around then, the problems for women faculty were very real indeed, and the political discussions, oh, dear lord, the politics in the psychology of gender class were amazing. And lab space.... lab space was status, at Harvard and MIT. (I have stories, I was fired from a lab for offering to trade space.) Scientists and engineers like this woman are worth their weight in anti-matter. She didn't call a committee or a lawyer or schedule endless planning committee meetings with other departments, she took a tape measure to the offices. *That* is MIT at its best.
Thank you! It's sad that the women were not taken seriously until they gathered the data, banded together, and issued a report on the discrimination. As if having your class that you developed taken away from you was not enough. As if the women's own lived experiences were not enough. Doris Lin '89
Its telling so few people have seen this amazing video!! That just proves that even in 2022 we have ZERO interest in issues women confront at work - shame!! Amazing and inspiring video!!
Science Practice can be so shocking! A Not-Retold-Enough old story - thanks so much Shattuck, Cheney and everyone, and especially the MIT scientists, who opened a new doorway not just within MIT but world-wide...
Salute to these amazing MITians…..inspiring for all women in science
I graduated from MIT in 1969. Reminds me the college life.........................
Amazing! 💜
Excellent!
The Mary Potter name was wrong, They call Molly potter :(
In the bios at the end we refer to Dr. Potter as Molly Potter. She was born as Mary C. Potter, but used the name Molly. This is a nice narrative based on an interview with Dr. Potter: woodsholemuseum.org/WHHWomen/MollyPotter.html
A universal problem that needs to be understood in its right perspective and addressed sooner than later…..how much talent goes unnoticed and waste because of gender inequity…overall the world is losing on wholesome, rational and innovative contributions in all areas