Earthrise (2018)

Directed by

Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee

Genre

documentary

Country

United States

Runtime

29 min

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Apollo 8 astronauts recount the moment they saw Earth rise from behind the moon in 1968 and captured the first color photo of our planet. The film weaves their personal memories with the lasting impact of that image.

contemplativenostalgicawe-inspiringintimatereflectivehistoricalserenereverent

What happens

Earthrise is a 2018 documentary film by Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee. The film tells the story of the first image captured of the Earth from space in 1968, as recalled by the Apollo 8 astronauts. The film premiered at Tribeca Film Festival on April 21, 2018 and had its online premiere on the New York Times Op-Docs and the PBS Series, POV, on October 2, 2018. In 2018, it won the Audience Award at AFI DOCS and won Best Documentary Short at Raindance Film Festival. After airing on PBS, it was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Short Documentary at the 40th News and Documentary Emmy Award. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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