Conceiving Ada (1999)

Emmy Coer, a computer genius, devises a method of communicating with the past by tapping into undying information waves. She manages to reach the world of Ada Lovelace, founder of the idea of a computer language and proponent of the possibilities of the "difference engine." Ada's ideas were stifled and unfulfilled because of the reality of life as a woman in the nineteenth century. Emmy has a plan to defeat death and the past using her own DNA as a communicative agent to the past, bringing Ada to the present. But what are the possible ramifications?

Released

1999-02-19

Genres

Science Fiction, Drama, Fantasy

Runtime

85 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Lynn Hershman-Leeson

TMDB rating

4.7/10 from 11 votes