The Space Race

Bright dreams of Afrofuturism become reality in The Space Race. This revelatory documentary from filmmakers Diego Hurtado de Mendoza and Lisa Cortés brings to light the endeavors of America’s Black astronauts: the NASA pilots, scientists and engineers who mapped a route to the stars even as they sought equality and social justice on Earth.

Meet such pioneers as Guion Bluford, Ed Dwight, and Charles Bolden, among many others, as the film explores the unsung African-American heroes of the US space program.