Yossera Bouchtia, Director/Co-Writer 
Ciara Doll, Director/Co-Writer  

Sloan Grant(s) Received: 2018, Production Award, Columbia University 

Project Type: Short Film 

Genre: Drama, Biopic 

Length: 20 minutes 

Field of Science: Dark Matter 

Stage: Completed 

Synopsis 

Budding astronomer, wife, and young mother Vera Rubin prepares to present her new, groundbreaking research to the American Astronomical Society. She discovers a prejudice that runs much deeper than she thought—one that forces her to reassess her own livelihood and weigh her dreams against society’s expectations for women in this biopic drama set in 1950s New York.