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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.
<p>16th July 1969: America prepares to launch Apollo 11. Thousands of kilometers away, a ragtag group of Zambian exiles is trying to beat America to the Moon.</p>
<p>The story of one woman's determination and how she changed the field of astronomy forever.</p>
<p>Explores the experiences of the first Black astronauts through decades of archive film and interviews in a reflective illumination on the burden of breaking barriers.</p> <p>The Space Race weaves together the stories of Black astronauts seeking to break the bonds of social injustice to reach for the stars, including Guion Bluford, Ed Dwight, Charles Bolden, and Leland Melvin among many others. Directors Lisa Cortés and Diego Hurtado de Mendoza address the racial injustice within NASA across several decades. The film follows pioneers who fought to overcome not just the obstacles of their astronaut training but also the challenges that stemmed from the racial prejudice and discrimination present at the time. The Space Race highlights how their perseverance challenged the definition of “the right stuff,” even when their stories were omitted from the history books.</p>