Anyone seen Agora? It’s directed by Alejandro Amenabar (The Others, The Sea Inside) and stars Rachel Weisz as Hypatia. (“A Greek scholar from Alexandria, Egypt, considered the first notable woman in mathematics, who also taught philosophy and astronomy. She lived in Roman Egypt, and was killed by a Christian mob who falsely blamed her for religious turmoil. Some suggest that her murder marked the end of what is traditionally known as Classical antiquity.”) The film looks interesting, but seems to have gotten a pretty limited release, and I’d have to go into Manhattan in order to see it. Here’s the trailer:
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