Film

Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier

2020 · 51m · Documentary

IMDb

6.9

America's experiences during the Civil Rights Movement and the Space Race are well documented. However, few know about the moment these two worlds collided, when the White House and NASA scrambled to put the first black astronaut into orbit. This is the untold story of the decades-long battle between the U.S. and the Soviet Union to be the first superpower to bring diversity to the skies, told by the black astronauts and their families, who were part of this little known chapter of the Cold War.

David Harewood

Self - Narrator (voice)

Guion Bluford

Self

Frederick Gregory

Self

Ed Dwight Jr.

Self

• Laurens GrantDirector
• Roy AckermanExecutive Producer
• Charles PoeExecutive Producer
• David RoyleExecutive Producer
• Elia LyssyDirector of Photography

Release date

February 24, 2020

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

51m

Genres

Documentary