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For All Mankind
(Al Reinert, 1989, USA, DCP, 79 min.)

In July, it will have been a half century since Neil Armstrong walked on the moon. Nothing since has captured the worldwide excitement of this technological “leap for mankind.” For All Mankind was a passion project; Al Reinert taped 80 hours of interviews with the astronauts, and he and editor Susan Korda edited millions of feet of film from nine Apollo missions into a tight 79 minutes. The end result is not a documentation of a single event or even the NASA program as a whole; it’s a deeply moving celebration of mankind’s great adventure into space. Brian Eno’s score captures the feeling of wonder, joy, and levity seen in the images.

Space Programs: Views of Earth Across the Iron Curtain

Seen from space, the Earth depicted in the legendary “Blue Marble” photograph suggested a planetary unity belied by the deep schism between East and West during the Cold War. Celebrating Earth Day on the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, Block Cinema has brought together three breathtaking films by American, Polish and Armenian filmmakers that revist the conquest of space from across this once-unbridgeable divide.