THE SPACE RACE: Astronauts and the executive producer talk about the Hulu documentary – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 02/15/2025
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The award-winning documentary THE SPACE RACE was originally produced for National Geographic Channel and is now streaming on Hulu. Directed by Lisa Cortes & Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, the film chronicles the struggle to get Black men and women into NASA’s astronaut programs. It is as or more timely than when it was originally released in 24. Astronaut Leland Melvin, one of THE SPACE RACE’s executive producers, is also one of the film’s subjects. His autobiography CHASING SPACE: AN ASTRONAUT’S STORY OF GRIT, GRACE, AND SECOND CHANCES, was published in 2017. Victor Glover is still an active NASA astronaut who […]Read On »


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THE SPACE RACE: Filmmakers Diego Hurtado de Mendoza and Lisa Cortes on new NASA documentary – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 02/20/2024
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Directors Lisa Cortés and Diego Hurtado de Mendoza came together to direct and produce THE SPACE RACE, now streaming on both National Geographic and Disney+. This is the first time the filmmakers have collaborated. Separately, Cortés won an Emmy for the documentary THE APOLLO. Cortés’s other credits include ALL IN: THE FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY, THE REMIX: HIP HOP X FASHION and LITTLE RICHARD: I AM EVERYTHING. Hurtado de Mendoza has made documentaries including BRANDING KOSOVO and THE PEOPLE’S FIGHTERS: TEOFILO STEVENSON AND THE LEGEND OF CUBAN BOXING. Jointly Hurtado de Mendoza and Cortés have already won three awards for THE […]Read On »


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MARS: Astronauts Mae Jemison & Leland Melvin – exclusive interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 11/26/2018
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In Season 2 of MARS, Monday nights on National Geographic Channel, the series continues its unusual blend of scripted drama and documentary footage. In the future, scientists have established the first colony on Mars, but their research is threatened by the arrival of a private business team. Footage of real-life situations is used to illustrate how the issues examined in the story are playing out in the world today. Former NASA astronauts Mae Jemison and Leland Melvin are both consultants on MARS. Jemison, who is both a medical doctor and an engineer, is the first African-American woman to travel in […]Read On »


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