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The Space Race (2023)
91 min | Documentary, Biography

The Space Race (2023)

91 min | Documentary, Biography

Explores the experiences of the first Black astronauts through decades of archive film and interviews in a reflective illumination on the burden of breaking barriers.

Directors

Lisa Cortes | Diego Hurtado de Mendoza

Writer

Mark Monroe

Producers

Carolyn Bernstein | Keero Birla (as Keero Singh Birla) | Alex Bowen | Lisa Cortes & 4 more

Composers

Jongnic Bontemps | Anna Drubich

Editor

Robert A. Martinez

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Updated Jun 12, 2023

Release date

Feb 13, 2024 (United States)

Awards

4 wins

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Cast	+ Add Cast
19 cast members

Name	Known for
Nichelle Nichols Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Star Trek (1966)
Walter Cronkite Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Liberty's Kids (2002)
Mae C. Jemison Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
Octavia Butler Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Parable of the Sower
Sun Ra Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Space Is the Place (1974)
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Howard K. Smith (1962)
Leland Melvin Self Self See fewer	Truth Behind the Moon Landing (2019)
Ralph Abernathy Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	In Remembrance of Martin (1986)
H. Rap Brown Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Fall (1969)
Ron McNair Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Bernard Harris Self Self See fewer	Sins and Secrets (2011)
Ed Dwight Jr. Self Self See fewer	Woman in Motion (2019)
Victor Glover Self Self See fewer	Exploring the Moon: Past, Present and Future (2022)
Guion Bluford Self (as Guy Bluford) Self (as Guy Bluford) See fewer	Woman in Motion (2019)
Charles Bolden Self Self See fewer	Mars (2016)
Yvonne Cagle Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The International Space Orchestra (2013)
Fred Gregory Self Self See fewer	DCPS Crushing the Game (2022)
Whitney Young Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Black Journal (1968)
Alvin Drew Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Touch the Sky (2012)