Syndication of the Film Secrets of the Surface: The Mathematical Vision of Maryam Mirzakhani

这一NSF奖项支持制作一部关于数学家玛丽亚姆·米尔扎哈尼的纪录片，将于2021年11月或2022年3月通过美国公共电视辛迪加(APT)在全国公共电视上播出。这部纪录片名为《地表的秘密：玛丽亚姆·米尔扎哈尼的数学视野》，由乔治·西塞里执导，于2020年1月在科罗拉多州丹佛市举行的联合数学会议上进行了全球首映。自首映以来，这部时长60分钟的电影在DVD和流媒体上得到了广泛的发行，并在大学和电影节上进行了多次公开放映。事实证明，这部电影通过米尔扎哈尼的人类故事向公众传达数学思想非常有效。米尔扎哈尼是一位杰出的数学家，成为第一位获得菲尔兹奖(2014)的女性。这部电影记录了她在伊朗接受哈佛大学研究生院的教育，以及在2017年过早去世之前，她在数学上的无数突破。正如电影中所讲述的，米尔扎哈尼的故事对学习STEM科目的女孩和选择数学作为职业的女性来说都是鼓舞人心的。她作为一名伊朗妇女在她的领域达到顶峰的例子表明了克服性别和文化障碍的可能性。这部电影还展示了如何通过追求知识和纯粹的科学来克服巨大的文化差异，在这种情况下，伊朗和美国之间的文化差异可以通过追求知识和纯粹的科学来克服。为公共电视广播修改这部电影涉及剪辑、添加必要的模块、隐藏字幕和其他技术工作，以及针对公共电视系统中个别电台节目制作人的宣传努力。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This NSF award supports the preparation of a documentary film about mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani for national broadcast on public television via American Public Television syndication (APT) in November 2021 or March 2022. This documentary, "Secrets of the Surface: The Mathematical Vision of Maryam Mirzakhani", directed by George Csicsery, had its world premiere at the Joint Mathematics Meeting in Denver, Colorado in January 2020. The 60-minute film has had wide distribution in DVD and streaming, and numerous public screenings at universities and film festivals since the premiere. The film has proven highly effective at conveying mathematical ideas to the general public through the human story of Mirzakhani, a leading mathematician who became the first woman to win the Fields Medal (2014). The film chronicles her education in Iran through graduate school at Harvard, and her numerous mathematical breakthroughs, before her untimely death in 2017. Mirzakhani’s story, as told in the film, has proven inspirational to girls studying STEM subjects and to women choosing mathematics as a career. Her example as an Iranian woman who reached the top of her field demonstrates the possibility of overcoming gender and cultural barriers. The film also shows how formidable cultural differences, in this case between Iran and the United States, can be overcome through the pursuit of knowledge and pure science.Modification of the film for public television broadcast involves editing, adding required modules, closed captioning, and other technical work, as well as promotional efforts aimed at individual station programmers in the public television system.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.