newportFILM | Documentary Film Screening "Odyssey"
Suggested $10 donation.
Date: Thursday, July 16th, Venue opens at 6:00 PM, Film begins at 8:30 PM
Location: Aquidneck Park, 300 Spring Street, Newport
About the Film: On April 13, 1970, the world came to a halt as the Apollo 13 spacecraft suffered a sudden explosion in space, two days into its mission and 205,000 miles away from Earth. From this gripping moment, our film reveals humanity’s greatest adventure in space, uncovering the origin story of NASA and the Apollo program, one that reflects our precarious times. What begins as a race to the Moon becomes a mirror of our current, precarious era… just as a new global space race ignites.
Odyssey tells the unbelievable story of humanity’s first chapter in space, minute by breathtaking minute. Using over 2,500 hours of archival footage, much of it never-before-seen, the film traces the profound impact of the legendary astronaut Jim Lovell, captain of the doomed Apollo 13, and NASA’s legacy as it reverberates through today.
Built entirely from rare and newly restored material, the film evolves with the urgency of a thriller and the intimacy of lived memory. Rich archive places the audience inside the spacecraft, at the consoles of Mission Control, and within a world momentarily united by awe as they watched a breaking news event unfolding, live and in color, for the very first time.
Odyssey reveals how one near-disasterous mission became a triumph of ingenuity and teamwork. At a time when the world feels more divided than ever, it’s important to remember a time when humanity looked up, came together, and reached for something greater than itself. How space once united us, and can again.
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