The Space Station: The Wonderful Story of Human Co-Operation
Factual America
English - October 12, 2021 13:18 - 44 minutes - 103 MBFilm Interviews TV & Film americanhistory hbo society usa academyawards amazon america americanculture americanexperience americansociety Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
International Space Station and international co-operation in space has outlived presidents, regimes, current events, 9/11, and it has been carrying on for several decades now.
It is fascinating how many people it takes to get someone into space. This is what inspired director and producer Clare Lewins in her new documentary The Wonderful: Stories From the Space Station.
The Wonderful is a story about humanity, played out against the vast backdrop of the universe. It shows what it’s like to live and work in space, hurtling through space 250 miles above the Earth’s surface.
Clare Lewins shares with us the difficulties she faced making this film, and amazing stories from some of the astronauts she met during filming.
“It’s a fundamental part of human DNA to want to explore and want to push boundaries.” - Clare Lewins
Time Stamps:00:00 - The trailer for The Wonderful: Stories From the Space Station.
04:13 - What the film is about and how the idea for it came around.
06:32 - The amount of international collaboration that goes into space exploration.
09:25 - The lack of knowledge most people have about the Space Station.
10:45 - Common personality traits astronauts have.
17:00 - What it’s like to be in space.
19:50 - The importance of sound and music in film.
24:24 - What it’s like for an astronaut’s family when they go into space.
26:27 - How long the Space Station will continue operating and how you can see it.
29:00 - The difficulties of having such a subject for a documentary film.
34:40 - Clare’s background in film and documentary filmmaking.
39:50 - What makes a good documentary.
The Wonderful: Stories From the Space Station (2021)
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