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The Matilda Effect on Video
Published on 09/15/2025 at 3:30 PM by Verguet--Bailly Matias

The Matilda Effect on Video

Cinema and series play an essential role in giving voice back to forgotten women scientists. These works help correct historical injustices and inspire new vocations.

Restoring Collective Memory

For a long time, the vast majority of scientific, historical or cultural narratives have highlighted men, leaving women in the shadows.
Today, cinema and series play an essential role in the rehabilitation of these forgotten figures: they make their faces, their voices and their contributions visible. The image becomes a tool of symbolic justice, capable of reaching a wide audience where history textbooks had not always succeeded.

Between Emotion and Knowledge

Through staging, testimony and fiction, these works make it possible to embody complex journeys: those of researchers, artists, activists, pioneers. The viewer discovers not only their genius, but also the social, political and sexist obstacles they had to overcome to exist. This sensitive and visual approach transforms science and history into human experiences, accessible to all.

Notable Examples

Conclusion

The film or series then becomes more than entertainment: it's a transmission tool, a means of education and an act of cultural reparation. By spreading these stories, we restore a balance and inspire new generations to believe that they too have their place in the history of knowledge.