Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier

Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier

Documentary 2020

Relive the moment when the American civil rights movement collided with the space race. Learn of the decades-long competition between the superpowers to put a Black astronaut into orbit, then meet the high flyers who brought diversity to the skies.

Documentary 2020

14+

Starring David Harewood

EPISODE 1

Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier

Relive the moment when the American civil rights movement collided with the space race. Learn of the decades-long competition between the superpowers to put a Black astronaut into orbit, then meet the high flyers who brought diversity to the skies.

50 min · Mar 8, 2020 14+

David Harewood

Narrator
Laurens Grant

Director
Roy Ackerman

Executive Producer
Charles Poe

Executive Producer
David Royle

Executive Producer

About

Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier

DOCUMENTARY

Relive the moment when the American civil rights movement collided with the space race. Learn of the decades-long competition between the superpowers to put a Black astronaut into orbit, then meet the high flyers who brought diversity to the skies.

Information

Studio: Smithsonian
Released: 2020
Rated: 14+

Languages

Original Audio: English (United States)
Audio and Subtitles: English (United States) (⁨Dolby 5.1⁩, AAC, CC)

Accessibility

: Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.