Head over to the Museum of the Moving Image on Wed, Oct 4 for an evening in outer space.

Part of Science on Screen program

At 5:30pm / Sloan Science & Film Shorts: Afronauts and Into the Void

Two short films on the topic of astronomy and outer space, both based on true events–Nuotama Bodomo’s acclaimed Afronauts and Yossera Bouchtia’s Into the Void–will be followed by a brief presentation about the Sloan Science & Film Teacher’s Guide, a free resource that makes these and over 60 more short films available for STEM learning.

Followed at 6:30 p.m. by a preview screening of National Geographic’s forthcoming documentary The Space Race, which tells the little-known stories of the first Black pilots, engineers, and scientists to become astronauts. With directors Lisa Cortés and Diego Hurtado de Mendoza in person.