Selections from the Woods Hole Film Festival: The Space Race

When:
Wednesday, Nov 15, 2023 6:00p -
8:00p

Where:
MIT Museum
314 Main st.
Cambridge, MA 02142

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Admission:
$15

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mitmuseum MIT Museum

Categories:
Date Idea, History, Movies, Rainy Day Ideas

Event website:
https://mitmuseum.mit.edu/programs/selections-from-the-woods-hole-film-festival

As America raced to beat the Soviet Union to the moon, a Black astronaut candidate came closer to launching into space than anyone we ever knew. In THE SPACE RACE, directors Lisa Cortés and Diego Hurtado de Mendoza profile the pioneering Black pilots, scientists, and engineers who joined NASA to serve their country in space, even as their country failed to achieve equality for them back on Earth. From 1963, when the assassination of JFK thwarted Captain Ed Dwight’s quest to reach the moon, to 2020, when the echoes of the civil unrest sparked by the killing of George Floyd reached the International Space Station, the story of African Americans at NASA is a tale of world events colliding with the aspirations of uncommon men. The bright dreams of Afrofuturism become reality in THE SPACE RACE, turning science fiction into science fact, and forever redefining what “the right stuff” looks like, giving us new heroes to celebrate and a fresh history to explore.


$15 General Public

$5 for MIT ID holders

Seating is limited. Pre-registration strongly suggested.

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