Watch an exclusive clip from 'The Space Race,' a documentary premiering at Tribeca that explores the Black astronauts that changed the game.
and the space race, and how the efforts of these “hidden figures” were often overlooked and/or underappreciated.
“We’re living in an era of renewed interest in space exploration, and as part of it, there is a lot of talk right now about NASA’s return to the Moon in the next few years, and how Black astronauts for the first time will walk on the Moon. But this could have happened 60 years ago. Why didn’t it?” de Mendoza and Cortés tell. “As filmmakers, we were captivated by this unknown history and the joy of discovering the contributions of the Black astronauts.
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