MARY ANNING | Omeleto
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
- A woman tries to make a scientific discovery.
MARY ANNING is used with permission from Natashia Mattocks. Learn more at maryanningfilm....
In 1830, Mary is hunting for fossils and exploring the cliffs on the Jurassic Coast in southern England, where she grew up (and uncovered the remains of a 17-foot ichthyosaur at age 12) and where she continues to dig. She has found plenty of specimens, but despite her painstaking work and many discoveries, she still cannot gain admission to the prestigious Geological Society of London.
Destitute, looked down upon by her community and disapproved of by her family, Mary soldiers on with her work, but hits a point of discouragement when a rich rival begins to hunt for fossils in her area, and she finds out a colleague has omitted her name and contribution from a recent paper. But as she scales the cliffs, she discovers a remarkable specimen that makes all the struggle worth it.
Based on the true story of the "mother of paleontology," writer-director Natashia Mattocks's historical short has a transportive power, evoking both the grim poverty and social status of 19th century England but also the exciting new era of scientific discovery that began to open up. Handsome cinematography, desolate yet stunning natural settings and steady, measured pacing characterize the film's style, which visually has the weathered, faded look and texture of both early photography and the stark coastal areas of England.
Within this finely detailed milieu stands a compelling character, who is developed with exceptional economy, focus and precision. Mary is seen through various lenses, and the prism-like structure of the writing moves her through different scenes with family, other members of her community and with her rival -- all of which attest to her long-running passion for fossil-hunting, her knowledge and her skill and acuity as a scientist. These attributes position her as an outsider, a societal anomaly, mostly looked down upon except by a few, who recognize her acumen, fortitude and expertise.
But Mary throughout it all remains steadfast in her quest to find more fossils. Though her nature and demeanor are somewhat retiring and introverted, she's clearly motivated by the sheer love of learning and discovery but she also works in hopes of finding a fossil so undeniably important that she can join the society of scientists that would legitimize her and open up a true career for her.
Actor Keeley Forsyth plays Mary with an innate intelligence, offering up an elegant performance that captures the fire of intellectual passion. Mary's character arc is unusual in that she doesn't quite change in a way typical for not stories in film -- the story's conflict is almost entirely external -- but her strength and passion for science and geology becomes more pronounced and activated, pushing her forward. Mary becomes more driven, but just as she is on the verge of unearthing a prize of a fossil, she overreaches at a crucial moment, risking nearly everything.
MARY ANNING is a character portrait of a woman whose tenacity and pursuit of knowledge against considerable odds helped change the course of scientific history, and her work as a collector and excavator helped shaped the emerging understanding of prehistorical earth at the time -- a strand of intellectual thought that would come to influence others like Darwin, who himself would profoundly change our understanding of humanity. Those viewers curious about Mary can check out the feature film Ammonite, which portrays more of Mary Anning's story (including her romantic life) but MARY ANNING here focuses on her true passion: for learning, discovery and knowledge.
Beautifully told story about Mary Anning. Even though Mary Anning was not recognized for her work while she was alive. It is great that her acknowledgment is now celebrated and this a great educational short film. Fantastic film and so amazingly acted by all. This should honestly be turned into a movie.
Absolutely agree!!! Finest actress one could possibly imagine for that role. Everything about this short is so perfect.
@@felipelotas5609 Hopefully, they could make this into a movie or at least a Movie about the life of Mary Anning.
@Plasticide You are right in some ways, that when we research back to what was uncovered, we see who discovered what. However, you can also see the hardship some ppl went through (minorities, women etc). Women have had more setbacks seen from our history. Look at when women fought for the right to vote so their voices could be heard. So not exploit, I would say recognized and honoured.
There is a new movie with Kate Winslet, "Ammonite" about Mary Anning. I can't wait to see it.
@@felipelotas5609 There is a new movie with Kate Winslet, "Ammonite". It looks like a great movie, haven't seen it yet.
Wish we could send a message back in time to her, to tell her that she will be famous in time. She will be given her proper place in the annals of history and her work means a lot to humanity, and specifically to science. Give her some sort of hope and comfort in what she loves to do.
Dont interrupt the space time continuum Mr. Robot!!! Your family will dissapear from photos.
A truly spectacular film. I was delighted to work on this as the specialist advisor. Natashia (the producer) and her team created a simply stunning film about this most remarkable woman. I've spent my entire professional career of more than a decade studying Mary's fossils and have examined practically every single ichthyosaur she ever found (that we know of). I named the only ichthyosaur after her in 2015, Ichthyosaurus anningae. Reading all the positive comments here has filled me with joy. Thank you for sharing an interest in Mary's life and for recognising the incredible work that Natashia put into this film. (P.S. Thanks to Omeleto for sharing this film.)
Thank you for sharing a moving glimpse of the inestimable depth of her passion & unsung achievements & dedicating so much of your career to honouring & furthering her work. Perhaps you are her reincarnation, but even just being an admirer of her work, you do her great justice. I hope you too have many great groundbreaking finds in your career & have a very long career filled with as much passion for these natural treasures as she had. Although having a quick read about you, it seems that you’ve already achieved a huge amount in this field & are definitely not lacking in passion or motivation. To name the ichthyosaur after her is such a kind, unselfish thing to do & I wish she had some inkling that one day she would be recognised in such an incredible way. And I hope you find that full skeleton of a giant ichthyosaur one day.
@@allisonjames2923 thanks for your very kind and thoughtful message, Allison. That brought a smile to my face. Truly, thanks for such a sweet comment.
A Stunning Achievement. I'm sharing this with everyone. I've been fascinated by Mary Anning since I came to know about her.
I love this video--Tells a story about a remarkable human in history. I enjoyed learning about Mary!
This needs to be a full film. The visuals and detail is something I’d be impressed by even if it be from a larger company. I love the small film maker who make these possible. Much like film; it’s more than money. The people here do this for the fun and result of what they make, not from what they make from the film.
There is a new movie, "Ammonite", Kate Winslet plays the role of Mary Anning
@Chris Lee Typical Hollywood. Always have to shove in some political message into a movie.
@@KhanMann66 It's called dramatization. That's what storytellers do. Most people's life stories aren't that interesting without some embellishment or conflict added for dramatic tension.
@@KhanMann66 the exclusion of women is political. Gender has been/is a political factor in the sense that it affects women's place in society and history...
@@yeezythabest he’s probably a trumpy dumpy lover…..
They don’t use logic reason or critical thinking ……🙄😂🤮
This is absolutely incredible. I was lucky enough to see it at the BFI for its premiere and was utterly blown away by the grace, tenacity and passion of Mary Anning. Thank you so much for sharing it!
Mary Anning is one of my heroes. Kudos for making this awesome short film...
Oh wow, thanks so much for this amazing film!! As a paleontology researcher, this definitely means a lot to me. This film actually focuses on and celebrates her remarkable achievements, unlike the recent _Ammonite_ movie.
This was a truly beautiful film.
Edit: fun fact - the "and what is a woman" monologue is actually part of an essay that Mary Anning wrote.
@Chris, I'm glad you let us know that. As she was speaking I wondered if it was part of the script or her actual words. The scene was very moving.
Too bad for the Geological Society; they missed an amazing field scientist.
Totally agree 👍🏻
Persons like this make discovery. Inventions. That have advanced society beyon our own possibilities as a collective. This was a new science in her day now look how far it has come . and people will still desput it to this day. Took many like her to feed info to Darwin and look what he accomplished with his theary
As a boy we were told of Mary Anning, and I’ve walked along the very coast she scoured. A truly amazing woman, an unspoken giant of science
I just heard of her today from a 7 year old Aron Ra video, but Im in America and didnt go to high school.
Wonderfully done production. I saw AMMONITE recently and I much prefer this portrayal of Miss Anning. Great cinematography, and terrific casting for Mary's character. The filmmakers nailed the moody tone of the Lyme Regis area, and how fossils are found in the marl of the local cliffs. This film deserves to be expanded into a feature. Thank you!
This story deserves to go viral... every living human should know this story... my mind is completely 🤯
A marvellous depiction of the struggle for women to be held as equals. Echoes of this can still be seen today however giant strides forward have been made. Great story, well told in this short. Congratulations to all involved.
This isn't a depiction
@@medomannos1503 I have used this word carefully. “Depiction” relates to the representation in art form of an act or situation which may be factual or fictional. I understand the main character’s historical relevance and importance, which is why I constructed my comment carefully.
I applaud your enthusiasm for conversation and hope this explanation acts as an apology for any ambiguity in my previous comment on this important film.
@@medomannos1503 you need to so work on COMPREHENSION of words…..cuz it IS…….
Unlike her I kno your type, you ain’t looking for discourse or debate.
Meh. Time waster.
These films NEED subtitles, I am almost deaf and cannot follow what is happening in the film. Please please please make these accessible to all.
Agreed, only I'm having difficulties listening because English isn't my first language.
Anning was English and English originates from England. These actors are English so you have to learn English (not just the North American accent).
@@graceazlee Most of the time British accent is so difficult to listen to. It has weird different noises. Sometimes there's even an extra noise!
@@graceazlee What an extremely outdated way of thinking! These films need to be accessible to all. The differently abled, foreign speakers and those who speak a different accent can't be expected to pick up the English accent in a day. Also, England itself has so many different accents so that's one of the most impractical and inconsiderate statements I've ever heard
@@graceazlee você me envergonha. Deve ser bolsominion
The poem "She sells sea shells by the seashore" was written about Mary Anning. Shame she was ignored until after she died
WOW Butch! Thanks for that information. I shall pass it along.
She wasn't ignored. She was a scientific celebrity. But the conventions of the time prevented her form fully participating in the social circles that benefited from her work.
Why hasn't Hollywood hit upon the nerve of ignored important women in history? This is wonderful and so important ❤ good job 👏
@Chris Lee Couldn't agree more. They're not gonna make anything that's not trending. A bunch of phonies.
@@bkkorner When you group everyone into one category like that it's just as ignorant and intolerant as what your speaking of.
@@bkkorner Exactly.
Hollywood is full of hypocrites. They don't even care about human right issues in China.
Because they will make what makes them the most money. They dont give a rats ass about anything or anyone aside from money.
Use your brain and pull your head out of your ass
Thank for this film! Excellent work. I was searching today for information to teach my students about her - her struggles and successes, and serendipitously this was posted !
Thank you Jean, grateful you are teaching your students about her - her story deserves to be told.
Sad that barely anyone knows about her today.
Thank you! We need more teachers like you! I am aware there are many wonderful teachers like you.
What a beautifully made film. So poignant and eyeopening.
Btw this actually happened
@@jatt1081 Yes!
What a great woman and what a great short film!!! Thank you, Omeleto!!!
1830: "It's not witchcraft."
2020: Still having to say, "It's not witchcraft."
Ikr
Sad truth
@@hellosweetheart3350 in Christianity it says that the earth is only 4,000 years old. Anything that challenges that is seen as the devil trying to get us to think god isn’t real. If those Christians had half a brain back then they’d understand god doesn’t see time like we do. A day for us could be 1k to 100k years. He’s not human therefore time doesn’t matter to him. God created earth in 6 of his days. Who knows what that is in our time
Well...there's plenty of ''witchcraft'' out there.
@@douglasrowland3722 I’ve studied and have participated in some witchcraft. There’s no witchcraft on earth strong enough to create matter unless you’re doing a spell that gets you things like a house or money. But someone made those things, the magic didn’t. It’s just people being delusional and not wanting to hear the truth.
A stark reminder to just how limited we are in our own stinking thinking. Let us always remember Mary Anning moving forward.!
Thank you for this mini film. Her tragic life deserves to be remembered.
At that time, most people's lives were tragic.
It's a shame that thousands of women's contributions to the world had been taken away from them centuries after centuries because of toxic masculinity. This world owes an apology to these hidden female talents.
And toxic organized religions!
Challenging a god's word my foot!
@@janellpierce5918 , religion isn't what it is about. It is about controlling narratives and the flow of knowledge. It is no different than suppressing speech through an app, a server, or a media stream.
It was about suppressing knowledge.. and there were plenty of males who were silenced as well.
@@janellpierce5918 No, you're not getting away with that. ALL of the founding paleontologists of this age were devout Christians, and many were clergy. In some cases, as with Buckland and Conybeare, they even did their field work for specifically theological reasons. They were de facto Creationists, because Darwin hadn't codified his work until 1858, but all of them were well aware that the Ussherian chronology was nonsense and that the Earth was very old. Darwin couldn't have even made his discoveries were it not for hte environment they engendered.
Beautiful, honest and refreshing. Thank you for this wonderfully done film, goes to show the lengths we will go through to prove that we as women could achieve great things also. We are smart, patient and determined to do anything we set our minds to do. Even if it means risking our lives, The way Mary anning risked hers.
Absolutely beautiful film! What an amazing woman!!
holy crap man these omeleto short movies are bloody good....like 10/10
Wow what a powerful story, had no idea she was a real person...I loved that digger who was willing to support her....
Mary Anning must have had an amazing feeling of joy and inner contentment at finding so many beautiful fossils and determination, to not let anything stop her on her voyage of discovery of the prehistoric Earth. So sad that she was not given the recognition for her expertise that she deserved. She must have repeatedly overcame so many barriers from ignorant and arrogant people as it did not prevent her from doing her voyage of discoveries.
Lovely post Shandchem. Thanks for it.
She was many decades ahead of her contemporary creationists and Bible thumpers, who denied science and believed millenia-old fairy tales. Why isn't The Book of Morman believed? It pretty much has the same bona fides as the Old and New Testaments.
Fun fact: The nursery rhyme/tongue twister, “she sells sea shells by the sea shore,” is about her, Mary Anning. This video is really cool.
11:15 I love how this guy can't do his own digging.
Yeah some yuppy ponce that looks down on those he perceives to be below him.
Wonderful, and brings back such memories. Dad parking his Morris Minor, all six of us descending onto the beach to at Lyme Regis to fossick for the ammonites. Grandmother unpacking the sandwiches.
Wonderful.
Oh how I remember sandwiches on the beach ... on windy days they literally would be sand-wiches ... ugh that crunching between your teeth. 😂
What a phenomenal true tale and the cinematography is beautifully created. So much that it realistically takes you back in time. My heart 💔 for her, but it was worth it in the end.
An excellent commentary on overcoming ignorance, dedication to learning that transcends our generation, and pursuits of accomplishment regardless of recognition. Excellent acting by Keeley Forsyth and exceptionally well done overall.
Excellent short film. Educational. I believe she has been rewarded spiritually. Great woman !!!!!!!!!!!!
Sad that barely anyone knows about her today.
Well...We Do...Really Needs to be Shared..In a Big Way too.
I never knew she wasn't recognised. Id always known her as the lady who found those fossils. I wanted to be her when i was little.
@Chris Lee Palaeontologist, not anthropologist.
Many great men are barely known today.
@@clam4597 and women
Mary Anning. A wonderful hero of paleontology. Shame she lived at such an uneducated time. Wonderful movie.
I'm studying geology at school and I am in love, I avoided this video because I knew 20 minutes would turn into an hour. God bless. Glad I learned about her. Im hoping on working with either fossils or volcanoes. I took history of the earth, and Volcanology, and love both. Special Thank you to the naturalist at Pike Lake State Park for being the first to teach my about geology, and a thank you to the 2 greatest professors ever.
I also want to say I'm surprised she'd give away that fossil. THAT THING IS SO WELL INTACT.
Then some famous "scientist" bought the fossil for a pittance and became famous.
Her story was made into a 2009 best-selling book, Remarkable Creatures, by Tracy Chevalier. A very good read. You can probably find it at the library.
Absolutely wonderful book!
Very well done. So much talent overlooked then and now, because we don’t fit the profile.
Incredible piece, with some outstanding acting. The lighting, colours, dress and general mood of the film was beautiful. Honestly i could've watched this with the sound off. 9/10
I had never heard of her before. I'm in my mid 50s and wanted to be a paleontologist when I was 7. While that never happened, I am still into it, and try to follow news and discoveries as well as older histories of the field. How is it that she is still so massively underrecognized in the field? Thank you for this beautiful piece on her, so well done too. I have a lot of reading up on this amazing woman to do now. -Lynn
Probably because witchcraft and other sorts of obnoxious beliefs still exists? Or people during her time doesn't want to accept new discoveries? Idk. Just my opinion
Did you know about Cuvier, Buckland, Mantell, Owen, or Conybeare? Or Cope and Marsh? Or Nocpsa? Mary Anning isn't really a name you would be expected to know if you didn't really care about the history of paleontology.
“It’s a man’s world, Anning.”
“And I used to think the earth was flat.” 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
"It's a man's world, Mary."
"And they used to think the earth was flat."
Sadly some do still believe the earth is flat.
@@KhanMann66 what's wrong with you the earth isn't flat ! its shaped like a little bunny rabbit
This is where they got the tongue twister "she sells seashells by the seashore" in reference to Mary Anning
This was a very well done piece of history well portrayed. Thank you Mary Anning for showing us women that we can be anything. That men CANNOT & WILL NOT boss us around & tell us what we women can or cannot do. Thank you Miss Anning.
Thank you for remembering a great woman.
This is so awesome, the camera work is soon gorgeous too ! And thanks for telling us about Mary Anning what a wonderful woman
I really love this video because I feel like there isn't enough representation of paleontology. Especially women in paleontology.
Lyme Regis, where she lived is notorious for cliff falls. Sadly, while out collecting fossils a rockfall killed her dog but fortunately, justbmissed her.
"and they used to think the world is flat"
Wow wow wow! Back up!
Very Good Job on your film! I enjoyed this very much. It's true, You're never to old to learn something new. Thank You.
This is wonderful . We visit Lyme Regis often and love the Museum (originally Mary’s house).
SHE IS KNOWN TO ME NOW......THANK YOU
Shame to the Geological Society, a shame that must never be forgotten, otherwise sooner or later the same mistake would be repeated. People: Do not destroy the monuments of slave traffickers and other bad people, otherwise next generations will forget about them, with the risk to find someone in the future who will repeat the same atrocities. History must be taken seriously for the good of humanity....
Massimo Squecko~
That's what museums are for. Nobody I know wants to destroy them. We just want to destroy bigotry and prejudice, and not glorify it.
@@fredapeeples6619 Memory should be saved at all costs, otherwise, humanity cannot progress even one step. Psychopaths are always the ones who take the leading role of the masses, there's no antidote. We must learn to defend ourselves just using the collective memory. We can find it not only in written form but also by other means, generally artistic signs left by megalomaniacs...
Sally sells seashells by the seashore.
Thank you Allen, we would never see these wonderful pieces if not for you.
What a work of art this entire short film is. Thank you.
This was a wonderful short film.
A rather wonderful presentation! My heart is swollen!!! Thanx for that! :-)
Wow, Another Amazing Woman in History.
Well done. I love stories like this that change the world and they way we think about everything.
This would have made a fabulous feature film forty years ago. I am not sure if a sufficiently sized main stream audience today would sit through it.
So glad I saw this. I never heard of Mary Anning before today. What an amazing thing for a woman to be recognized for her accomplishments back then! It is simply tragic that she dedicated her whole life to that without a shred of recognition, and then dying so young. Thank you for shining a light on this brave and curious woman, such an inspiration. And on the issue of inequality as well. In the words of George Santayana, "Those who do not remember the past are doomed to repeat it." How tragic would that be? I pray we always respect the individual, regardless of differences.
Sadly back then that wasn't seen as dying young, it was a pretty average age to die for many in those days.
nice. now I know of the mother of paleontology. It gladdens my soul to have her story now.
There is nothing can help me more than this, to start my morning
this film deserves more views. shocked to see how low it is. amazing
THANK YOU MUCH FOR THIS SHORT FILM.. I NEVER HEARD OF HER BEFORE. I SO ADMIRE HER FOR STANDING UP TO THE MALE VOICES IN SCIENCE.
Also an excellent parable about striving in the face of obstacles, be they social, ecumenical, or physical. Ticks all the boxes. Well done, you.
🙏 thank you Mary
Such a sad world we live in at times. Those who are mothers of us all should be given equal treatment in all manners.
This is a beautiful film in every way. The woman actor: WOW, a powerful evocation of Mary Anning. She inhabits her subject with tenderness and strength
What I found interesting was that Ms Anning (1799 -1847) and Mr William Smith (1769 - 1839, famous for "The Map that Changed the World") proved to be key non-academic geologist who changed the way we looked at fossils and geology. They both lived in the same time period and both were shunned by the British well-to-do and bible totting elite. I wonder if they had tea together?
please put CC on it.. it's hard to understand about what they talk, thank you..
absolutely terrific
Incredible ❣️ Her story finally is received
Beautifully done 🌷
Thus is why My dream of being an archaeologist never even got started....in the 1960's. We have come to the top, finally. But it is too late for some of us.
Natashia is an amazing film maker and helped us with our campaign film. She truly ROCKS too :)
this is what feminism should be, seeking equality on the right grounds, not all this nonsense we have nowadays.
Paul Oketch~What is it that you are referring to as nonsense nowadays?
Paul Oketch ... It isn't really about feminism but equal rights for all. Equal rights for a woman to be recognised for her abilities and not held back because she is female. Equal rights for someone with a disability or someone with a different colour skin to be chosen on merit and not judged for their particular Gender, disability or colour of skin. Fairness in society really isn't much for anyone to ask, but even in todays world still seems so hard to achieve.
This was incredibly well done... I wanted to see the rest of it...
And this is why the 1700- early 1800 sucks. any folk would accuse an astrologist,scientist,intellectual a witch
I remember this story about curiosities found by lady that postulated that these fossils and such were real living things. i read about it when I learned to read around 1976, in the world book encyclopedia about prehistoric animals. Thanks, this was beautiful.
I admire her so much! The rich jerk who treats her (and everyone else) like trash....not so much. It's such a shame how she lost her life's savings in someone else's scheme. History just replays itself throughout time.
An AMAZING WOMAN. NO DOUBT!! Sincerely, Sentebey
The way she was treated was deeply disturbing on various levels.
Nice film but I'm really disapointed that they used the silhouvette of great white shark instead of reconstructing a real ichthyosaur
I loved this. Wonderfully made. Well done.
What a beautiful film.
Mary deserved better. As did anyone born into poverty. That is a struggle which continues.
Sorry her life was not as bleak and miserable as this short makes it out to be. She actually was quite well known and at one time owed her own fossil shop something unheard of for a woman of the time.
Yep, she was something of a scientific celebrity.
wow this is the earliest i’ve ever been.
great short film btw. it looks so well made and the acting was great
This is so moving and inspiring. It's as much about feminism as about women in science and science, itself. And yes, as someone else has stated, I do wish with all my heart that we could send Mary Anning a message to tell her how much we applaud her work; share in her struggles; love and admire her.
I greatly appreciate all your movies. But this will always be an all-time favourite. Thanks so much for posting it. And please, many more like this one?
When I think of the brilliant women over millennia whose discoveries were unrecognized because they were women, I am filled with impotent rage.
Perfectly executed! Mary Anning deserves more recognition than this. I dig UA-cam.
(pun intended)
Amazing work!
Whenever a trench was dug in my neighborhood while I was growing up, I wanted to climb in and look for fossils. Usually, I found the roots of ferns in the rocks. One girl I went to grade school with sneered at my interest in fossils.
@ ca. 5:00.
I know just how she felt.
If I counted the number of times I was left out of the Acknowledgements, I'd be close to having to whip out digit 21 for an accurate count.
Conybeare referred to the Anning's as "proprietors" in his paper on the Plesiosaurus. Buckland, on the other hand, mentions her in his.
Beautiful portrayal of Mary Anning by Keely Forsyth. I only wish Natashia Mattocks had had the budget Ammonite did; I would have loved to see more of Mary's story through her eyes.
Many people from the past were never appreciated during their lifetimes for their contributions in art, music, and the sciences. Reasons being the existing cultures, superstitions of the day, or the lack of fortunate timing. Shoot for the moon, and if you don't succeed at the level you hoped for, learn to be happy with the small things in life, and the fact that you tried at all.
Thank you for a beautiful film. Needs subtitles.
I watched the film "Ammonite" last night. It was extraordinary. Kate Winslett is amazing.