Spacewoman
Synopsis
Eileen’s incredible journey starts with her smalltown beginnings, sees her smash through many glass ceilings, and culminates in four dramatic space shuttle missions, the last being possibly the most dangerous and most important of them all.
At its heart the film is the moving human drama of one family, where a mother’s extraordinary career takes us straight to the big philosophical question of what is the level of acceptable risk in human endeavour?
This film celebrates Commander Collins’ trailblazing NASA career which opened the way for women to become spacecraft pilots and commanders, and proved a perfect riposte to a previous generation of male astronauts who thought there was no place for women to lead the way in space.
Official Selection DOC NYC 2024 - World premiere
Official Selection CPH:DOX 2025 - European premiere
Details
- Year
- 2024
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 95 min
- Format
- UHD
- Director
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Hannah Berryman
- Producer
- Keith Haviland, Natasha Dack
- Editor
- James Gold
- Director of Photography
- Ian Salvage
- Composer
- Marcelo Zarvos
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
A Haviland Digital production in association with Tigerlily Productions
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