More than half a century after the first human landing on the moon, the space race returns to the screen in a new documentary that combines theater, music and archival footage, revisiting one of the most important milestones in the history of human exploration.
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The work does not present history in the traditional documentary way, but rather relies on a recording of a multimedia musical theatrical performance, which was previously presented on the stage of the famous Carnegie Hall in New York last April.
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The film is produced by Radical Media and is based on the idea of presenting history as a living experience in which testimonies, acting, music and original images intertwine.
From control rooms to the lunar surface
The film revisits the space race that culminated in the Apollo 11 astronauts landing on the moon in 1969, but it is not limited to the astronauts whose names made headlines. It also highlights the characters who worked behind the scenes and the astronauts’ families who lived through the anxiety and anticipation on Earth.
Actors portray astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins and Ed White, along with pioneering work at the Space Control Center Bobbie Northcutt, and mathematician Katherine Johnson, famous for her contributions to calculations related to American spaceflight.
The narrative also features characters from the astronauts’ families, including Janet Armstrong, then wife of Neil Armstrong, and Betty Grissom, wife of astronaut Gus Grissom.
Through these characters and events, the film attempts to show that reaching the moon was not an individual achievement of the astronauts alone, but rather the result of extensive scientific, engineering and human efforts, in which those working on Earth participated as much as those who launched into space.
A song by Armstrong's son and granddaughter
One of the most human moments in the film comes from the participation of Mark Armstrong, the son of the first man to set foot on the moon, and his daughter, Kaley Armstrong, in performing a song entitled "Flight of Fancy," in honor of the memory of Neil Armstrong.
This performance gives the work a family dimension that goes beyond simply recounting historical facts, as it evokes the legacy of the famous astronaut through his family members, decades after the journey that made his name part of human history.
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