The UAB Cinema will celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science with the movie ‘Symbiotic Earth’.

'Symbiotic Earth' Projecció Cinema Dia Internacional de la dona i la nena en la ciència

The screening will take place Thursday 13th of February in the UAB Cinema and it is organised by the Faculty of Biosciences. Entrance is completely free.

30/01/2020

The UAB Cinema will screen the documentary ‘Symbiotic Earth: How Lynn Margulis rocked the boat and started a scientific revolution’ because of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. The film will be screened at 1 o’clock and the entrance will be completely free.

The movie is directed by John Feldman and it explores the life of Lynn Margulis, who was an important American biologist and is considered to be one of the key figures in the field of biological evolution. She received numerous awards and was member of the National Academy of Sciences as well as part of the Russian Academy of Sciences. One of her main fields, among others, was the origin of the eukaryote cells.

Country: United States / Duration: 144 minutes / Genre: documentary / Language: English with subtitles in Spanish